CVE-2005-3356

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

Description

The mq_open system call in Linux kernel 2.6.9, in certain situations, can decrement a counter twice ("double decrement") as a result of multiple calls to the mntput function when the dentry_open function call fails, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified attack vectors.

References (18)

[Issue Tracking] http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169130

[Various Sources] http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/18510

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/18527

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/18788

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/19038

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:040

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16283

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25302

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10731

[Vendor Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/244-1/

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c7dce9209161eb260cdf9e9172f72c3a02379e6

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_06_kernel.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/19374

Scores

EPSS 0.0007

EPSS Percentile 20.8%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel

Timeline

Published Dec 31, 2005

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026