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CVE-2005-2617

LOW CVSS: 3.6 Published: 2005-08-17 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References