Description
The Linux kernel before 2.6.11 on the Itanium IA64 platform has certain "ptrace corner cases" that allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted syscalls, possibly related to MCA/INIT, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1761.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 4 | kernel +6 | 2.6.9-11.EL | RHSA-2005:420 |
| RHEL 3 | kernel +8 | 2.4.21-37.EL | RHSA-2005:663 |
Advisories 2
- RHSA-2005:663 Red Hat Security Advisory: Updated kernel packages available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 6 Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- RHSA-2005:420 Red Hat Security Advisory: Updated kernel packages available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 1 Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=155283
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11
- http://openvz.org/news/updates/kernel-022stab045.1-released
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=148862
- 17002 third-party-advisory
- [linux-ia64] 20040916 Re: [Patch] Per CPU MCA/INIT data save areas mailing-list
- RHSA-2005:420 vendor-advisory
- [kernel-svn-changes] 20050816 r3920 - in branches/dist/sarge-security: . kernel kernel/i386 kernel/source kernel/source/kernel-source-2.6.8-2.6.8/debian mailing-list
- RHSA-2005:663 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2005-1878 vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11628 vdb-entry signature