CVE-2006-4814 Information

Description

The mincore function in the Linux kernel before 2.4.33.6 does not properly lock access to user space which has unspecified impact and attack vectors possibly related to a deadlock.

Reference

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html http://secunia.com/advisories/23436 http://secunia.com/advisories/23609 http://secunia.com/advisories/23997 http://secunia.com/advisories/24098 http://secunia.com/advisories/24100 http://secunia.com/advisories/24206 http://secunia.com/advisories/24482 http://secunia.com/advisories/25691 http://secunia.com/advisories/25714 http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 http://secunia.com/advisories/30110 http://secunia.com/advisories/31246 http://secunia.com/advisories/33280 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.33.6 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:040 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_kernel.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21663 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0002/ http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5082 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/references https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9648