The auto-reap of child processes in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.15 includes processes with ptrace attached, which leads to a dangling ptrace reference and allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and gain root privileges.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2005-11-23T21:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T23:24:36.183Z
Reserved: 2005-11-23T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2005-3784
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2005-11-23T21:03:00.000
Modified: 2024-11-21T00:02:40.367
Link: CVE-2005-3784
Redhat