CVE-2004-0554

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2004-06-09
Bugzilla:
1617228: CVE-2004-0554 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x for x86 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash), possibly via an infinite loop that triggers a signal handler with a certain sequence of fsave and frstor instructions, as originally demonstrated using a "crash.c" program.

Find out more about CVE-2004-0554 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (kernel) RHSA-2004:255 2004-06-18
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 RHSA-2004:260 2004-06-18

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