A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel: The setup_arg_pages function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36, when CONFIG_STACK_GROWSDOWN is used, does not properly restrict the stack memory consumption of the arguments and environment for a 32-bit application on a 64-bit platform, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via a crafted exec syst ...