CVE-2005-0001

Severity

69%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

165%

Race condition in the page fault handler (fault.c) for Linux kernel 2.2.x to 2.2.7, 2.4 to 2.4.29, and 2.6 to 2.6.10, when running on multiprocessor machines, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via concurrent threads that share the same virtual memory space and simultaneously request stack expansion.

Race condition in the page fault handler (fault.c) for Linux kernel 2.2.x to 2.2.7, 2.4 to 2.4.29, and 2.6 to 2.6.10, when running on multiprocessor machines, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via concurrent threads that share the same virtual memory space and simultaneously request stack expansion.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 19 years ago

2005-05-02 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-11 01:29:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel 2.2.7

2.2.7

Linux Kernel 2.4.0

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.1

2.4.1

Linux Kernel 2.4.2

2.4.2

Linux Kernel 2.4.3

2.4.3

Linux Kernel 2.4.4

2.4.4

Linux Kernel 2.4.5

2.4.5

Linux Kernel 2.4.6

2.4.6

Linux Kernel 2.4.7

2.4.7

Linux Kernel 2.4.8

2.4.8

Linux Kernel 2.4.9

2.4.9

Linux Kernel 2.4.10

2.4.10

Linux Kernel 2.4.11

2.4.11

Linux Kernel 2.4.12

2.4.12

Linux Kernel 2.4.13

2.4.13

Linux Kernel 2.4.14

2.4.14

Linux Kernel 2.4.15

2.4.15

Linux Kernel 2.4.16

2.4.16

Linux Kernel 2.4.17

2.4.17

Linux Kernel 2.4.18

2.4.18

Linux Kernel 2.4.19

2.4.19

Linux Kernel 2.4.20

2.4.20

Linux Kernel 2.4.21

2.4.21

Linux Kernel 2.4.22

2.4.22

Linux Kernel 2.4.23

2.4.23

Linux Kernel 2.4.24

2.4.24

Linux Kernel 2.4.25

2.4.25

Linux Kernel 2.4.26

2.4.26

Linux Kernel 2.4.27

2.4.27

Linux Kernel 2.4.28

2.4.28

Linux Kernel 2.4.29

2.4.29

Linux Kernel 2.6.0

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6.1

2.6.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.2

2.6.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.3

2.6.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.4

2.6.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.5

2.6.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.6

2.6.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.7

2.6.7

Linux Kernel 2.6.8

2.6.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.10

2.6.10

Red Hat Desktop 3.0

3.0

Red Hat Desktop 4.0

4.0

Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2

2

Trustix Secure Linux 2.1

2.1

Trustix Secure Linux 2.2

2.2

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