Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel 2.6 before 2.6.14.2

CVE-2005-3783

The ptrace functionality (ptrace.c) in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.14.2, using CLONE_THREAD, does not use the thread group ID to check whether it is attaching to itself, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash).

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