CVE-2005-0977

The shmem_nopage function in shmem.c for the tmpfs driver in Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly verify the address argument, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via an invalid address.

Score

CVSS 2.0 2.1 Low

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2005-05-02

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40420551fbRlv9-QG6Gw9Lw_bKVfPSsg
• http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/2/5/111
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12970
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10400
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/103-1/