CVE-2006-4342

security flaw

Published Oct 17, 2006 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, when running on SMP systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by running the shmat function on an shm at the same time that shmctl is removing that shm (IPC_RMID), which prevents a spinlock from being unlocked.

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 7:06 PM
Reserved
Aug 24, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 17, 2006, 5:07 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:28 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Oct 13, 2006, 12:00 AM