Description
The ia64 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26 allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and system crash) via a crafted application that leverages the mishandling of invalid Register Stack Engine (RSE) state.
References
- http://ftp.naist.jp/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4dcc29e1574d88f4465ba865ed82800032f76418
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=199440
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4dcc29e1574d88f4465ba865ed82800032f76418