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[Rolf Leggewie <711780@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

lucid has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any
updates. Marking the lucid task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Lucid)
       Status: Fix Committed => Won't Fix

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Title:
  CVE-2010-4248

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux source package in Lucid:
  Won't Fix
Status in linux source package in Maverick:
  Won't Fix
Status in linux source package in Natty:
  Invalid
Status in linux source package in Dapper:
  Invalid
Status in linux source package in Hardy:
  Won't Fix
Status in linux source package in Karmic:
  Won't Fix

Bug 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.

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