Upstream information
Description
choose_new_parent in Linux kernel before 2.6.11.12 includes certain debugging code, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by causing certain circumstances involving termination of a parent process.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 2.1 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SA:2006:042, published Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:00:00 +0000
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 02:22:58 2013CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:15:50 2023