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kernel: Linux amd64 kernel vulnerabilities

Package(s):AMD kernel CVE #(s):CAN-2005-1762 CAN-2005-1765
Created:June 27, 2005 Updated:June 29, 2005
Description: A Denial of Service vulnerability has been discovered in the ptrace() call on the amd64 platform. By calling ptrace() with specially crafted ("non-canonical") addresses, a local attacker could cause the kernel to crash. This only affects the amd64 platform. (CAN-2005-1762)

ZouNanHai discovered that a local user could hang the kernel by invoking syscall() with specially crafted arguments. This only affects the amd64 platform when running in the 32 bit compatibility mode. (CAN-2005-1765)

Alerts:
Ubuntu USN-143-1 linux-source-2.6.10, linux-source-2.6.8.1 2005-06-27

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