Title: Linux Kernel 'ptrace_start()' And 'do_coredump()' Deadlock Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
The Linux kernel is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability because of a race condition between the 'ptrace_start()' and 'do_coredump()' functions.
Attackers can exploit this issue to cause a deadlock in the kernel, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.
Linux kernel 2.6.18 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected. Note that this issue is reported to be fixed in current kernel versions.
Affected Products:
- Debian Linux 4.0
- Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
- Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
- Debian Linux 4.0 arm
- Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
- Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
- Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
- Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
- Debian Linux 4.0 mips
- Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
- Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
- Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
- Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
- Linux kernel 2.6.0
- Linux kernel 2.6.0 -test1
- Linux kernel 2.6.0 -test10
- Linux kernel 2.6.0 -test11
- Linux kernel 2.6.0 -test2
- Linux kernel 2.6.0 -test3
- Linux kernel 2.6.0 -test4
- Linux kernel 2.6.0 -test5
- Linux kernel 2.6.0 -test6
- Linux kernel 2.6.0 -test7
- Linux kernel 2.6.0 -test8
- Linux kernel 2.6.0 -test9
- Linux kernel 2.6.0 -test9-CVS
- Linux kernel 2.6.0 .10
- Linux kernel 2.6.1
- Linux kernel 2.6.1 -rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.1 -rc2
- Linux kernel 2.6.10
- Linux kernel 2.6.10
- Linux kernel 2.6.10 rc2
- Linux kernel 2.6.11
- Linux kernel 2.6.11
- Linux kernel 2.6.11 -rc2
- Linux kernel 2.6.11 -rc3
- Linux kernel 2.6.11 -rc4
- Linux kernel 2.6.11 .11
- Linux kernel 2.6.11 .12
- Linux kernel 2.6.11 .4
- Linux kernel 2.6.11 .5
- Linux kernel 2.6.11 .6
- Linux kernel 2.6.11 .7
- Linux kernel 2.6.11 .8
- Linux kernel 2.6.11.4
- Linux kernel 2.6.12
- Linux kernel 2.6.12
- Linux kernel 2.6.12 -rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.12 -rc4
- Linux kernel 2.6.12 -rc5
- Linux kernel 2.6.12 .1
- Linux kernel 2.6.12 .12
- Linux kernel 2.6.12 .2
- Linux kernel 2.6.12 .22
- Linux kernel 2.6.12 .3
- Linux kernel 2.6.12 .4
- Linux kernel 2.6.12 .5
- Linux kernel 2.6.12 .6
- Linux kernel 2.6.13
- Linux kernel 2.6.13
- Linux kernel 2.6.13 -rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.13 -rc4
- Linux kernel 2.6.13 -rc6
- Linux kernel 2.6.13 -rc7
- Linux kernel 2.6.13 .1
- Linux kernel 2.6.13 .2
- Linux kernel 2.6.13 .3
- Linux kernel 2.6.13 .4
- Linux kernel 2.6.14
- Linux kernel 2.6.14
- Linux kernel 2.6.14 -rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.14 -rc2
- Linux kernel 2.6.14 -rc3
- Linux kernel 2.6.14 -rc4
- Linux kernel 2.6.14 .1
- Linux kernel 2.6.14 .2
- Linux kernel 2.6.14 .3
- Linux kernel 2.6.14.4
- Linux kernel 2.6.14.5
- Linux kernel 2.6.15
- Linux kernel 2.6.15
- Linux kernel 2.6.15 -rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.15 -rc2
- Linux kernel 2.6.15 -rc3
- Linux kernel 2.6.15 -rc4
- Linux kernel 2.6.15 -rc5
- Linux kernel 2.6.15 -rc6
- Linux kernel 2.6.15 .4
- Linux kernel 2.6.15-27.48
- Linux kernel 2.6.15.1
- Linux kernel 2.6.15.11
- Linux kernel 2.6.15.2
- Linux kernel 2.6.15.3
- Linux kernel 2.6.15.5
- Linux kernel 2.6.15.6
- Linux kernel 2.6.16
- Linux kernel 2.6.16
- Linux kernel 2.6.16 -rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.16 .1
- Linux kernel 2.6.16 .11
- Linux kernel 2.6.16 .12
- Linux kernel 2.6.16 .19
- Linux kernel 2.6.16 .23
- Linux kernel 2.6.16 .7
- Linux kernel 2.6.16 .9
- Linux kernel 2.6.16 13
- Linux kernel 2.6.16 27
- Linux kernel 2.6.16.16
- Linux kernel 2.6.16.17
- Linux kernel 2.6.16.18
- Linux kernel 2.6.16.2
- Linux kernel 2.6.16.21
- Linux kernel 2.6.16.3
- Linux kernel 2.6.16.4
- Linux kernel 2.6.16.5
- Linux kernel 2.6.16.8
- Linux kernel 2.6.17
- Linux kernel 2.6.17
- Linux kernel 2.6.17
- Linux kernel 2.6.17
- Linux kernel 2.6.17 -rc5
- Linux kernel 2.6.17 .8
- Linux kernel 2.6.17.1
- Linux kernel 2.6.17.10
- Linux kernel 2.6.17.11
- Linux kernel 2.6.17.12
- Linux kernel 2.6.17.13
- Linux kernel 2.6.17.14
- Linux kernel 2.6.17.2
- Linux kernel 2.6.17.3
- Linux kernel 2.6.17.4
- Linux kernel 2.6.17.5
- Linux kernel 2.6.17.6
- Linux kernel 2.6.17.7
- Linux kernel 2.6.17.9
- Linux kernel 2.6.18
- Linux kernel 2.6.3
- Linux kernel 2.6.4
- Linux kernel 2.6.5
- Linux kernel 2.6.6
- Linux kernel 2.6.6 rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.7
- Linux kernel 2.6.7 rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.8
- Linux kernel 2.6.8 rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.8 rc2
- Linux kernel 2.6.8 rc3
- Linux kernel 2.6.8.1
- Linux kernel 2.6.9
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 server
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 client
- RedHat Fedora Core2
- RedHat Fedora Core3
- RedHat Fedora Core4
- S.u.S.E. Linux Enterprise Server 9
- S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1.0
- S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1.0 x86_64
- S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2.0
- S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2.0 x86_64
- Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0.0
- Trustix Secure Linux 2.0.0
- Trustix Secure Linux 2.1.0
- Trustix Secure Linux 2.2.0
- Trustix Secure Linux 3.0.0
- Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1.0 ia32
- Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1.0 ia64
- Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1.0 ppc
- Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0.0 4 amd64
- Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0.0 4 i386
- Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0.0 4 powerpc
- VMWare ESX Server 4.0
- VMWare vMA 4.0
References:
- CVE: CVE-2009-1388
- Eugene Teo: Bug 504263 – CVE-2009-1388 kernel: do_coredump() vs ptrace_start() deadlock
- kernel.org: Linux kernel Homepage
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