CVE-2005-0977
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
25.8%
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.
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux:linux_kernel | linux linux kernel | eq | 2.6.8.1.5 |
References
linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40420551fbRlv9-QG6Gw9Lw_bKVfPSsg
lkml.org/lkml/2005/2/5/111
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/12970
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10400
usn.ubuntu.com/103-1/
Related
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
25.8%