CVE-2007-5500 Information

Description

The wait_task_stopped function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.8 checks a TASK_TRACED bit instead of an exit_state value which allows local users to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.23.y.git;a=commitdiff;h=36ef66c5d137b9a31fd8c35d236fb9e26ef74f97 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00002.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0055.html http://secunia.com/advisories/27664 http://secunia.com/advisories/27703 http://secunia.com/advisories/27888 http://secunia.com/advisories/27919 http://secunia.com/advisories/27922 http://secunia.com/advisories/28033 http://secunia.com/advisories/28170 http://secunia.com/advisories/28706 http://secunia.com/advisories/28748 http://secunia.com/advisories/28971 http://secunia.com/advisories/29245 http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 http://secunia.com/advisories/30962 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1428 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.8 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:008 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:044 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_63_kernel.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26477 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-558-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3902 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38547 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1965 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9868 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00032.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00170.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00302.html