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CVE-2006-1066 Detail

Current Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113932292516359&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19955 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21614 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:151 CVE, MITRE
http://www.osvdb.org/24098 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17216 CVE, MITRE Patch 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/ CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-1066
NVD Published Date:
03/26/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE