OpenBSD <= 5.5 Local Kernel Panic

OpenBSD <= 5.5 (All architectures) is prone to a local DoS condition by triggering a kernel panic through a malformed ELF executable.

A patch has been released to address this issue. See "013 Reliability Fix" at:
http://www.openbsd.org/errata55.html#013_kernexec

More details and PoC code:
http://www.ioactive.com/pdfs/IOActive_Advisory_OpenBSD_5_5_Local_Kernel_Panic.pdf

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Alejandro Hernandez
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