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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2005-2800 EUVD-2005-2801GHSA-85w7-89c4-rr7g

Memory leak in the seq_file implementation in the SCSI procfs interface (sg.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.13 and earlier allows local users to cau…

Published Sep 6, 2005 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Memory leak in the seq_file implementation in the SCSI procfs interface (sg.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.13 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain repeated reads from the /proc/scsi/sg/devices file, which is not properly handled when the next() iterator returns NULL or an error.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 3.1 kernel-source-2.6.8 2.6.8-16sarge2 DSA-1017-1

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 4 kernel +6 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL RHSA-2006:0101

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 2

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