CVE-2005-3106

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 2.6 - Denial of Service via Core Dump Deadlock

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Race condition in Linux 2.6, when threads are sharing memory mapping via CLONE_VM (such as linuxthreads and vfork), might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering a core dump while waiting for a thread that has just performed an exec.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18056
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15049
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17141
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-199-1
Patch, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0029
EPSS Percentile 20.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-667
Status published
Products (4)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 4.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 5.04
debian/debian_linux 3.1
linux/linux_kernel 2.6.0
Published Sep 30, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026