Description
Race condition in Linux 2.6, when threads are sharing memory mapping via CLONE_VM (such as linuxthreads and vfork), might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering a core dump while waiting for a thread that has just performed an exec.
Published: 2005-09-30
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-922-1 New Linux 2.6.8 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-199-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
History

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-01-16T19:44:38.257Z

Reserved: 2005-09-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-3106

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:01:57.774Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-09-30T10:05:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-3106

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2005-01-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-3106 - Bugzilla

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