CVE-2006-4516

First published: Thu Oct 12 2006(Updated: )

Integer signedness error in FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and kernel panic) via a PT_LWPINFO ptrace command with a large negative data value that satisfies a signed maximum value check but is used in an unsigned copyout function call.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

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