CVE-2007-5500

Publication date

2007-11-20 02:00:00

Family

redhat

State

PUBLISHED

Description

The wait_task_stopped function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.8 checks a TASK_TRACED bit instead of an exit_state value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.