Fabio Massimo Di Nitto

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Ubuntu Linux version 6.10 for PowerPC (PPC) Description: The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service by consuming system resources. This is achieved by utilizing the `sys get robust list` and `sys set robust list` functions to create processes that cannot be terminated. Recommendations: For Ubuntu Linux version 6.10 for PowerPC (PPC), as a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the `sys get robust list` and `sys set robust list` functions until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Ubuntu versions 5.10, 6.06 LTS, and 6.10 for PowerPC (PPC) Description: The issue is related to an unspecified vulnerability in the alignment check exception handling, which allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a kernel panic, via unspecified vectors. Recommendations: For Ubuntu versions 5.10, 6.06 LTS, and 6.10 for PowerPC (PPC), at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.