CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-3053

Published: Sep 26, 2005 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
UNTRIAGED

The sys_set_mempolicy function in mempolicy.c in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel BUG()) via a negative first argument.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.0 (including) 2.6.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RedHat kernel-0:2.6.9-22.0.1.EL *
Linux-source-2.6.15 Ubuntu dapper *
Linux-source-2.6.17 Ubuntu edgy *

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