CVE-2005-3106

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux version 2.6

Description A race condition occurs when threads share memory mapping via CLONE VM, such as in linuxthreads and vfork. This might allow local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a deadlock, by triggering a core dump while waiting for a thread that has just performed an exec.

Recommendations For Linux version 2.6, consider applying configuration changes to minimize thread sharing via CLONE VM to reduce the risk of deadlock. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of vfork and linuxthreads until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.