CVE-2006-1066

Publication date 27 March 2006

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Linux kernel 2.6.16-rc2 and earlier, when running on x86_64 systems with preemption enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops) via multiple ptrace tasks that perform single steps, which can cause corruption of the DEBUG_STACK stack during the do_debug function call.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
linux-source-2.6.15	7.04 feisty	Not in release
	6.10 edgy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed 2.6.15-29.58
linux-source-2.6.17	7.04 feisty	Not in release
	6.10 edgy	Fixed 2.6.17.1-12.40
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release

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References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-281-1
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
4 May 2006

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1066