Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1 and 2.6.10 for AMD64 Platform

Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1 and 2.6.10 for AMD64 Platform

CVE-2005-1762 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The ptrace call in the Linux kernel 2.6.8.1 and 2.6.10 for the AMD64 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a "non-canonical" address.

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