Description
Stack consumption vulnerability in the do_page_fault function in arch/x86/mm/fault.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that trigger page faults on a machine that has a registered Kprobes probe.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.9/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:CWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9be260a646bf76fa418ee519afa10196b3164681
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.5Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33758Patch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9be260a646bf76fa418ee519afa10196b3164681
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.5Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33758Patch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1
Timeline
- Published
- Feb 17, 2009
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified