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Unscored CVE-2005-2617 EUVD-2005-2618GHSA-6gg7-c2v3-mxxq

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 …

Published Aug 17, 2005 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

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.

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