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                                    CERT-Renater

                         Note d'Information No. 2006/VULN542
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DATE                      : 06/12/2006

HARDWARE PLATFORM(S)      : /

OPERATING SYSTEM(S)       : Solaris 8, Solaris 9, Solaris 10.

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Sun(sm) Alert Notification
      * Sun Alert ID: 102574
      * Synopsis: A Security Vulnerability in the Solaris Kernel May Allow
        a Denial of Service (DoS) Condition to Occur
      * Category: Security
      * Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System,
        Solaris 8 Operating System
      * BugIDs: 6272865
      * Avoidance: Patch
      * State: Resolved
      * Date Released: 30-Nov-2006
      * Date Closed: 30-Nov-2006
      * Date Modified:

1. Impact

    A security vulnerability related to a race condition in the Solaris
    kernel may allow a local unprivileged user to panic the system,
    creating a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

2. Contributing Factors

    This issue can occur in the following releases:

    SPARC Platform
      * Solaris 8 without patches 117350-40, 123703-01 and 116959-15
      * Solaris 9 without patches 118558-30, 117125-03, 121316-02
        and 113278-14
      * Solaris 10 without patches 120661-03 and 118822-19

    x86 Platform
      * Solaris 8 without patches 117351-40, 123704-01 and 116960-15
      * Solaris 9 without patches 118559-30, 120884-02,
        121317-02 and 119439-06
      * Solaris 10 without patches 120662-04 and 118844-19

    Note: Solaris 7 will not be evaluated regarding the potential impact
    of this issue.

3. Symptoms

    A number of different types of panic can result making it difficult to
    quickly pinpoint this issue as the cause.

    For example: if running the following command over a resulting
    crashdump (by default written to /var/crash/<uname -n>, see
    dumpadm(1M)):
     # echo "::walk thread | ::findstack ! grep exitlwps" | mdb unix.0 vmcore.0

    produces any matches similar to the following:
     000002a100e38fc1 exitlwps+0x114()

    then it is likely that this issue has occurred.

4. Relief/Workaround

    There is no workaround to this issue. Please see the Resolution
    section below.

5. Resolution

    This issue is addressed in the following releases:

    SPARC Platform
      * Solaris 8 with patches 117350-40 or later, 123703-01 or later and
        116959-15 or later
      * Solaris 9 with patches 118558-30 or later, 117125-03 or
        later, 121316-02 or later and 113278-14 or later
      * Solaris 10 with patches 120661-03 or later and 118822-19
        or later

    x86 Platform
      * Solaris 8 with patches 117351-40 or later, 123704-01 or later and
        116960-15 or later
      * Solaris 9 with patches 118559-30 or later, 120884-02 or
        later, 121317-02 or later and 119439-06 or later
      * Solaris 10 with patches 120662-04 or later and 118844-19
        or later

    Note: Solaris 8 patch 123703-01 has been accumulated into
    117350-41 and 123704-01 has been accumulated into 117351-41

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