CVE-2004-0138 - Spermatozoic Cheese

Description

The ELF loader in Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.25 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted ELF file with an interpreter with an invalid arch (architecture) which triggers a BUG() when an invalid VMA is unmapped.

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 http://secunia.com/advisories/20162 http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 http://kernel.debian.net/debian/pool/main/kernel-source-2.4.17/kernel-source-2.4.17_2.4.17-1woody4_ia64.changes http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset@4021346f79nBb-4X_usRikR3Iyb4Vg http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18174 http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-549.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-504.html http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.25 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43124 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10123