CVE-2006-2445

Severity

40%

Complexity

19%

Confidentiality

115%

Race condition in run_posix_cpu_timers in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON crash) by causing one CPU to attach a timer to a process that is exiting.

Race condition in run_posix_cpu_timers in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON crash) by causing one CPU to attach a timer to a process that is exiting.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

Type

Linux Kernel

First reported 18 years ago

2006-06-23 10:02:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-18 16:40:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel 2.6.0

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test1

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test10

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test11

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test2

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test3

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test4

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test5

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test6

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test7

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test8

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test9

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6.1

2.6.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.1 Release Candidate 1

2.6.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.1 Release Candidate 2

2.6.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.2

2.6.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.2 Release Candidate 1

2.6.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.2 Release Candidate 2

2.6.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.2 Release Candidate 3

2.6.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.3

2.6.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.3 Release Candidate 1

2.6.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.3 Release Candidate 2

2.6.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.3 Release Candidate 3

2.6.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.4

2.6.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.4 Release Candidate 1

2.6.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.4 Release Candidate 2

2.6.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.4 Release Candidate 3

2.6.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.5

2.6.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.5 Release Candidate 1

2.6.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.5 Release Candidate 2

2.6.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.5 Release Candidate 3

2.6.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.6

2.6.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.6 Release Candidate 1

2.6.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.6 Release Candidate 2

2.6.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.6 Release Candidate 3

2.6.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.7

2.6.7

Linux Kernel 2.6.7 Release Candidate 1

2.6.7

Linux Kernel 2.6.7 Release Candidate 2

2.6.7

Linux Kernel 2.6.7 Release Candidate 3

2.6.7

Linux Kernel 2.6.8

2.6.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.8 Release Candidate 1

2.6.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.8 Release Candidate 2

2.6.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.8 Release Candidate 3

2.6.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.8 Release Candidate 4

2.6.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.9 Release Candidate 1

2.6.9

Linux Kernel 2.6.9 Release Candidate 2

2.6.9

Linux Kernel 2.6.9 Release Candidate 3

2.6.9

Linux Kernel 2.6.9 Release Candidate 4

2.6.9

Linux Kernel 2.6.10

2.6.10

Linux Kernel 2.6.10 Release Candidate 1

2.6.10

Linux Kernel 2.6.10 Release Candidate 2

2.6.10

Linux Kernel 2.6.10 Release Candidate 3

2.6.10

Linux Kernel 2.6.11

2.6.11

Linux Kernel 2.6.11 Release Candidate 1

2.6.11

Linux Kernel 2.6.11 Release Candidate 2

2.6.11

Linux Kernel 2.6.11 Release Candidate 3

2.6.11

Linux Kernel 2.6.11 Release Candidate 4

2.6.11

Linux Kernel 2.6.11 Release Candidate 5

2.6.11

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.5

2.6.11.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.6

2.6.11.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.7

2.6.11.7

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.8

2.6.11.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.11

2.6.11.11

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.12

2.6.11.12

Linux Kernel 2.6.12 Release Candidate 1

2.6.12

Linux Kernel 2.6.12 Release Candidate 2

2.6.12

Linux Kernel 2.6.12 Release Candidate 3

2.6.12

Linux Kernel 2.6.12 Release Candidate 4

2.6.12

Linux Kernel 2.6.12 Release Candidate 5

2.6.12

Linux Kernel 2.6.12 Release Candidate 6

2.6.12

Linux Kernel 2.6.12.1

2.6.12.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.12.2

2.6.12.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.12.3

2.6.12.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.12.4

2.6.12.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.12.5

2.6.12.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.12.6

2.6.12.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.13

2.6.13

Linux Kernel 2.6.13 Release Candidate 1

2.6.13

Linux Kernel 2.6.13 Release Candidate 2

2.6.13

Linux Kernel 2.6.13 Release Candidate 3

2.6.13

Linux Kernel 2.6.13 Release Candidate 4

2.6.13

Linux Kernel 2.6.13 Release Candidate 5

2.6.13

Linux Kernel 2.6.13 Release Candidate 6

2.6.13

Linux Kernel 2.6.13 Release Candidate 7

2.6.13

Linux Kernel 2.6.13.1

2.6.13.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.13.2

2.6.13.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.13.3

2.6.13.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.13.4

2.6.13.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.14

2.6.14

Linux Kernel 2.6.14 Release Candidate 1

2.6.14

Linux Kernel 2.6.14 Release Candidate 2

2.6.14

Linux Kernel 2.6.14 Release Candidate 3

2.6.14

Linux Kernel 2.6.14 Release Candidate 4

2.6.14

Linux Kernel 2.6.14 Release Candidate 5

2.6.14

Linux Kernel 2.6.14.1

2.6.14.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.14.2

2.6.14.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.14.3

2.6.14.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.14.4

2.6.14.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.14.5

2.6.14.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.15

2.6.15

Linux Kernel 2.6.15 Release Candidate 1

2.6.15

Linux Kernel 2.6.15 Release Candidate 3

2.6.15

Linux Kernel 2.6.15 Release Candidate 4

2.6.15

Linux Kernel 2.6.15 Release Candidate 5

2.6.15

Linux Kernel 2.6.15 Release Candidate 6

2.6.15

Linux Kernel 2.6.15 Release Candidate 7

2.6.15

Linux Kernel 2.6.15.1

2.6.15.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.15.2

2.6.15.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.15.3

2.6.15.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.15.4

2.6.15.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.15.5

2.6.15.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.16 Release Candidate 1

2.6.16

Linux Kernel 2.6.16 Release Candidate 2

2.6.16

Linux Kernel 2.6.16 Release Candidate 3

2.6.16

Linux Kernel 2.6.16 Release Candidate 4

2.6.16

Linux Kernel 2.6.16 Release Candidate 5

2.6.16

Linux Kernel 2.6.16 Release Candidate 6

2.6.16

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.1

2.6.16.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.2

2.6.16.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.3

2.6.16.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.4

2.6.16.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.5

2.6.16.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.6

2.6.16.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.7

2.6.16.7

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.8

2.6.16.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.9

2.6.16.9

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.10

2.6.16.10

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.11

2.6.16.11

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.12

2.6.16.12

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.13

2.6.16.13

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.14

2.6.16.14

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.15

2.6.16.15

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.16

2.6.16.16

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.17

2.6.16.17

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.18

2.6.16.18

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.19

2.6.16.19

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.20

2.6.16.20

References

[linux-kernel] 20060613 [RFC][PATCH] Avoid race w/ posix-cpu-timer and exiting tasks

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http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=30f1e3dd8c72abda343bcf415f7d8894a02b4290

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.21

MDKSA-2006:123

MDKSA-2006:151

SUSE-SA:2006:042

26947

20060623 rPSA-2006-0110-1 kernel

18615

2006-0037

USN-311-1

ADV-2006-2451

linux-runposixcputimers-dos(27380)

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