Denial of Service Vulnerability in ptrace on Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1 (amd64)

CVE-2005-0756 · LOW Severity

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

ptrace in Linux kernel 2.6.8.1 does not properly verify addresses on the amd64 platform, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash).

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