Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2005-2617

The syscall32_setup_pages function in syscall32.c for Linux kernel 2.6.12 and later, on the 64-bit x86 platform, does not check the return value of the insert_vm_struct function, which allows local users to trigger a memory leak via a 32-bit application with crafted ELF headers.

EPSS: 0.003 (26.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

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