CVE-2005-0749 - Proleptical Competitions

Description

The load_elf_library in the Linux kernel before 2.6.11.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a crafted ELF library or executable which causes a free of an invalid pointer.

Reference

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11.6 http://secunia.com/advisories/14713/ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=152532 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-529.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-551.html ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U http://secunia.com/advisories/19607 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12935 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19867 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10640 https://usn.ubuntu.com/103-1/