CVE-2005-0977

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-0977
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1.5 All 386 All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1.5 All 686 All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1.5 All 686_smp All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1.5 All amd64 All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1.5 All amd64_k8 All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1.5 All amd64_k8_smp All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1.5 All amd64_xeon All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1.5 All k7 All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1.5 All k7_smp All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1.5 All power3 All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1.5 All power3_smp All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1.5 All power4 All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1.5 All power4_smp All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1.5 All powerpc All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1.5 All powerpc_smp All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-103-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Linux Kernel TmpFS Driver Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
LKML: Hugh Dickins: [PATCH] tmpfs caused truncate BUG af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lkml.org
linux.bkbits.net/linux-2.6/cset%40420551fbRlv9-QG6Gw9Lw_bKVfPSsg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linux.bkbits.net
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CONFIRM:http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@420551fbRlv9-QG6Gw9Lw_bKVfPSsg MITRE linux.bkbits.net
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