CVE ID:	CVE-2010-4248
Description:	Race condition in the __exit_signal function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors related to multithreaded exec, the use of a thread group leader in kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c, and the selection of a new thread group leader in the de_thread function in fs/exec.c.
Test IDs:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.68636   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.68635   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.68992
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-4248 20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded 42789 http://secunia.com/advisories/42789 42890 http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 45028 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45028 46397 http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 ADV-2011-0024 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024 MDVSA-2011:029 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 RHSA-2011:0004 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html RHSA-2011:0007 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html [oss-security] 20101123 CVE request: kernel: posix-cpu-timers: workaround to suppress the problems with mt exec http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/23/2 [oss-security] 20101124 Re: CVE request: kernel: posix-cpu-timers: workaround to suppress the problems with mt exec http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/9 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e0a70217107e6f9844628120412cb27bb4cea194 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e0a70217107e6f9844628120412cb27bb4cea194 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656264 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656264