CVE-2006-2629

Summary

CVECVE-2006-2629
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-05-27 10:02:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-20 01:31:00 UTC
DescriptionRace condition in Linux kernel 2.6.15 to 2.6.17, when running on SMP platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating and exiting a large number of tasks, then accessing the /proc entry of a task that is exiting, which causes memory corruption that leads to a failure in the prune_dcache function or a BUG_ON error in include/linux/list.h.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.11 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.13 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.14 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.15 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.16 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.17 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.18 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.9 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.11 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.13 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.14 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.15 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.16 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.17 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.18 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.9 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc5 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'PROBLEM: /proc (procfs) task exit race condition causes a kernel' - MARC MLIST marc.info
25847 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Secunia - Advisories - Linux Kernel SMP "/proc" Race Condition Denial of Service SECUNIA secunia.com
Linux Kernel Proc dentry_unused Corruption Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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