CVE-2008-1514 Information

Description

arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c in Linux kernel 2.6.9 and other versions before 2.6.27-rc6 on s390 platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via the user-area-padding test from the ptrace testsuite in 31-bit mode which triggers an invalid dereference.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3d6e48f43340343d97839eadb1ab7b6a3ea98797 http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.6 http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc6 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html http://secunia.com/advisories/31826 http://secunia.com/advisories/32237 http://secunia.com/advisories/32315 http://secunia.com/advisories/32356 http://secunia.com/advisories/32799 http://sourceware.org/systemtap/wiki/utrace/tests http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1655 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31177 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438147 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41501 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9555