CVE-2007-5500

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-11-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The wait_task_stopped function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.8 checks a TASK_TRACED bit instead of an exit_state value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.6.23.7

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.23.y.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=36ef66c5d137b9a31fd8c35d236fb9e26ef74f97
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0055.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/27664
http://secunia.com/advisories/27703
http://secunia.com/advisories/27888
http://secunia.com/advisories/27919
http://secunia.com/advisories/27922
http://secunia.com/advisories/28033
http://secunia.com/advisories/28170

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