CVE-2005-0001

Summary

CVECVE-2005-0001
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionRace condition in the page fault handler (fault.c) for Linux kernel 2.2.x to 2.2.7, 2.4 to 2.4.29, and 2.6 to 2.6.10, when running on multiprocessor machines, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via concurrent threads that share the same virtual memory space and simultaneously request stack expansion.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.11 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.13 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.14 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.15 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.16 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.17 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.18 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.19 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.20 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.21 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.22 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.23 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.24 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.25 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.26 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.27 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.28 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.29 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.9 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.9 2.6.20 All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All workstation_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4.0 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 2 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 2.1 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 2.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1067-1 kernel-source-2.4.16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
'[USN-60-0] Linux kernel vulnerabilities' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org
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