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CVE-2005-0977

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 2005-05-02 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The shmem_nopage function in shmem.c for the tmpfs driver in Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly verify the address argument, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via an invalid address.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References