CVE-2007-0771 in Kernel

Summary

The utrace support in Linux kernel 2.6.18, and other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) related to "MT exec + utrace_attach spin failure mode," as demonstrated by ptrace-thrash.c.

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• Reservation: 02/06/2007
• Disclosure: 05/02/2007
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-36569 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-404 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 6.2
• EPSS: 0.00062
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-0771
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0771
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2007-0771/