Resource Management Errors Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.6.8.1]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005984
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Jun 2005
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Jun 2005

CVE-2005-0756  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for torvalds/linux.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors ptrace in Linux kernel 2.6.8.1 does not properly verify addresses on the amd64 platform, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash).

References

CVSS Base Scores

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