The utrace support in Linux kernel 2.6.18, and other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) related to "MT exec + utrace_attach spin failure mode," as demonstrated by ptrace-thrash.c.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2007-05-02T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:34:20.235Z

Reserved: 2007-02-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-0771

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-05-02T22:19:00.000

Modified: 2017-10-11T01:31:38.750

Link: CVE-2007-0771

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2007-02-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-0771 - Bugzilla