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CVE-2004-1057

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-01-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple drivers in Linux kernel 2.4.19 and earlier do not properly mark memory with the VM_IO flag, which causes incorrect reference counts and may lead to a denial of service (kernel panic) when accessing freed kernel pages.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: through 2.4.19; 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+114)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 2.1, 3.0, 4.0

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/18562
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/kernels/v2.4/2.4.23aa3/00_VM_IO-4
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-016.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-017.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12338
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=137821
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19275
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11474
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18562
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/kernels/v2.4/2.4.23aa3/00_VM_IO-4
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-016.html

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