Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel by Multiple Distributions

CVE-2001-0914

Summary

The Linux kernel versions prior to 2.4.11pre3 in various distributions are susceptible to a denial of service attack when local users trigger a crash by initiating the core vmlinux kernel. The vulnerability stems from inadequate error checking during the ELF loading process, which may lead to system instability and unavailability.

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