Published: 02/05/2005 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.1 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 187

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

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.

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Synopsis kernel security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4This update has been rated as having important security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team[Updated 9 August 2005 ...

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

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