cve/2009/CVE-2009-1388.md

CVE-2009-1388

Description

The ptrace_start function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 does not properly handle simultaneous execution of the do_coredump function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via vectors involving the ptrace system call and a coredumping thread.

POC

Reference

• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

Github

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