Description
Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x for x86 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash), possibly via an infinite loop that triggers a signal handler with a certain sequence of fsave and frstor instructions, as originally demonstrated using a "crash.c" program.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- local
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- NVD-CWE-Other
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- AVAYA
- Published
- 8/6/2004
- Last Modified
- 4/3/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
avaya : converged_communications_serveravaya : modular_messaging_message_storage_servergentoo : linuxlinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernellinux : linux_kernelredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linuxsuse : suse_linuxsuse : suse_linuxsuse : suse_linuxsuse : suse_linuxsuse : suse_linuxsuse : suse_linuxsuse : suse_linuxsuse : suse_linuxsuse : suse_linuxavaya : intuity_audixsuse : suse_email_serversuse : suse_email_serversuse : suse_linux_admin-cd_for_firewallsuse : suse_linux_connectivity_serversuse : suse_linux_database_serversuse : suse_linux_firewall_cdsuse : suse_linux_office_serversuse : suse_office_serveravaya : s8300avaya : s8300avaya : s8500avaya : s8500avaya : s8700avaya : s8700conectiva : linuxconectiva : linux
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