Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 30, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-3107
CVE-2005-3107
Description
fs/exec.c in Linux 2.6, when one thread is tracing another thread that shares the same memory map, might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by forcing a core dump when the traced thread is in the TASK_TRACED state.
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Affected products
2- Range: 2.6
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
14- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.11-rc1/2.6.11-rc1-mm1/broken-out/fix-coredump_wait-deadlock-with-ptracer-tracee-on-shared-mm.patchnvdPatch
- linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/diffs/fs/exec.c%401.155nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/17141nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/18056nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21136nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21983nvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-180.htmnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-420.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0437.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15049nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-199-1nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11473nvd
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