CVE-2006-5648 Information

Description

Ubuntu Linux 6.10 for the PowerPC (PPC) allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by using the (1) sys_get_robust_list and (2) sys_set_robust_list functions to create processes that cannot be killed.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/23361 http://secunia.com/advisories/23384 http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21582 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1