CVE-2005-1761

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: none known
Published: 2005-08-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Linux kernel 2.6 and 2.4 on the IA64 architecture allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via ptrace and the restore_sigcontext function.

Affected products

Novell Linux Desktop: 9
Micro Focus International Open Enterprise Server: 9
Suse Linux: 1.0, 8, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

References

http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ea78729b8dbfc400fe165a57b90a394a7275a54
http://secunia.com/advisories/17002
http://secunia.com/advisories/17073
http://secunia.com/advisories/18056
http://secunia.com/advisories/19369
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014275
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.1
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_44_kernel.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-551.html

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