CVE-2005-0530

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Signedness error in the copy_from_read_buf function in n_tty.c for Linux kernel 2.6.10 and 2.6.11rc1 allows local users to read kernel memory via a negative argument.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.10, 2.6.11_rc1_bk6

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000930
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40420181322LZmhPTewcCOLkubGwOL3w
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111091402626556&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=110846727602817&w=2
http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_3.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10960
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000930
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40420181322LZmhPTewcCOLkubGwOL3w
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111091402626556&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=110846727602817&w=2

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