CVE-2005-2617

Linux kernel <2.6.12 - Memory Leak

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (2)

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9fb1759a3102c26cd8f64254a7c3e532782c2bb8

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9fb1759a3102c26cd8f64254a7c3e532782c2bb8

Scores

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 18.1%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (2)

linux/linux_kernel

Timeline

Published Aug 17, 2005

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026