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CVE-2005-2456

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2005-08-04 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Array index overflow in the xfrm_sk_policy_insert function in xfrm_user.c in Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops or deadlock) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a p->dir value that is larger than XFRM_POLICY_OUT, which is used as an index in the sock->sk_policy array.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux KernelDebian Debian Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-667

References