CVE ID:	CVE-2009-1388
Description:	The ptrace_start function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 does not properly handle simultaneous execution of the do_coredump function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via vectors involving the ptrace system call and a coredumping thread.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-1388 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded 35559 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35559 36131 http://secunia.com/advisories/36131 37471 http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 55679 http://osvdb.org/55679 ADV-2009-3316 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 RHSA-2009:1193 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html [oss-security] 20090702 CVE-2009-1388 kernel: do_coredump() vs ptrace_start() deadlock http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124654277229434&w=2 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346615 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346615 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346742 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346742 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504263 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504263 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8625 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8625 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8680 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8680