CVE-2004-0554 Information

Description

Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x for x86 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) possibly via an infinite loop that triggers a signal handler with a certain sequence of fsave and frstor instructions as originally demonstrated using a \crash.c\ program.

Reference

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000845 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15905 http://linuxreviews.org/news/2004-06-11_kernel_crash/index.html http://lwn.net/Articles/91155/ http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108786114032681&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108793699910896&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108681568931323&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/20162 http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-02.xml http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/973654 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:062 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_17_kernel.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-255.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-260.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10538 http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0034/ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16412 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A2915 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9426