CVE-2005-2553 Information

Description

The find_target function in ptrace32.c in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.29 does not properly handle a NULL return value from another function which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash/oops) by running a 32-bit ltrace program with the -i option on a 64-bit executable program.

Reference

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset@41dd3455GwQPufrGvBJjcUOXQa3WXA http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/1/5/245 http://secunia.com/advisories/17002 http://secunia.com/advisories/18059 http://secunia.com/advisories/18977 http://secunia.com/advisories/19038 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14965 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878 http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:044 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9647