CVE-2005-0977

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 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: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The shmem_nopage function in shmem.c for the tmpfs driver in Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly verify the address argument, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via an invalid address.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.8.1.5

References

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40420551fbRlv9-QG6Gw9Lw_bKVfPSsg
http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/2/5/111
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12970
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10400
https://usn.ubuntu.com/103-1/
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40420551fbRlv9-QG6Gw9Lw_bKVfPSsg
http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/2/5/111
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12970

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