CVE-2002-0429 Information

Description

The iBCS routines in arch/i386/kernel/traps.c for Linux kernels 2.4.18 and earlier on x86 systems allow local users to kill arbitrary processes via a a binary compatibility interface (lcall).

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101561298818888&w=2 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-311 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-312 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-332 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-336 http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-442 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8420.php http://www.openwall.com/linux/ http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-158.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4259