CVE-2005-2708 Information

Description

The search_binary_handler function in exec.c in Linux 2.4 kernel on 64-bit x86 architectures does not check a return code for a particular function call when virtual memory is low which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) as demonstrated by running a process using the bash ulimit -v command.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/18523 http://secunia.com/advisories/18562 http://secunia.com/advisories/18684 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16320 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=161925 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10649