CVE-2007-3731

NULL pointer dereference triggered by ptrace

Published Sep 17, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 4.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Linux kernel 2.6.20 and 2.6.21 does not properly handle an invalid LDT segment selector in %cs (the xcs field) during ptrace single-step operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and OOPS) via certain code that makes ptrace PTRACE_SETREGS and PTRACE_SINGLESTEP requests, related to the TRACE_IRQS_ON function, and possibly related to the arch_ptrace function.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1378-1 New Linux 2.6.18 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1378-2 New Linux 2.6.18 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-3715 The Linux kernel 2.6.20 and 2.6.21 does not properly handle an invalid LDT segment selector in %cs (the xcs field) during ptrace single-step operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and OOPS) via certain code that makes ptrace PTRACE_SETREGS and PTRACE_SINGLESTEP requests, related to the TRACE_IRQS_ON function, and possibly related to the arch_ptrace function.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-518-1 linux-source-2.6.15, linux-source-2.6.17, linux-source-2.6.20 vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 2:28 PM
Reserved
Jul 12, 2007, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 17, 2007, 5:17 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:42 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jul 15, 2007, 12:00 AM