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).

Date published : 2005-11-23

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15642

http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/linux-2.6.14.y.git;a=blobdiff;h=fcfc4568b45f3f190ba320b0d5853836921cb8bc;hp=019e04ec065a55d8f28157d3a1f7ba06cafd347f;hb=082d52c56f642d21b771a13221068d40915a1409;f=kernel/ptrace.c