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TITLE:
Linux Kernel "mincore()" Deadlock Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23436

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23436/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Linux Kernel 2.4.x
http://secunia.com/product/763/

DESCRIPTION:
Doug Chapman has reported a vulnerability in the Linux Kernel, which
can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of
locking semaphores in "mincore()". This can be exploited to cause a
deadlock by using the function on unmapped pages.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.4.33.6.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Doug Chapman

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.33.6

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