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CVE-2006-0558 Detail

Current Description

perfmon (perfmon.c) in Linux kernel on IA64 architectures allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by interrupting a task while another process is accessing the mm_struct, which triggers a BUG_ON action in the put_page_testzero function.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://marc.info/?l=linux-ia64&m=113882384921688
http://marc.info/?l=linux-ia64&m=113882384921688
http://secunia.com/advisories/19737
http://secunia.com/advisories/19737
http://secunia.com/advisories/20914
http://secunia.com/advisories/20914
http://secunia.com/advisories/26709
http://secunia.com/advisories/26709
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0774.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0774.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17482
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17482
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1444
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1444
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=185082
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=185082
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10177
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10177

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-0558
NVD Published Date:
04/14/2006
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Silicon Graphics (SGI)