CVE-2006-4342 (GCVE-0-2006-4342)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-10-17 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:06
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, when running on SMP systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by running the shmat function on an shm at the same time that shmctl is removing that shm (IPC_RMID), which prevents a spinlock from being unlocked.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23064 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22497 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-07… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
Date Public
2006-10-17 00:00
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