The ptrace call in the Linux kernel 2.6.8.1 and 2.6.10 for the AMD64 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a "non-canonical" address.Referenceshttp://secunia.com/advisories/18056http://secunia.com/advisories/17073http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13904http://secunia.com/advisories/18059https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10630http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threadedhttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_29_kernel.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922http://secunia.com/advisories/15786http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17002https://usn.ubuntu.com/143-1/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threadedhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.htmlhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878
