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CVE-2005-2100

• 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: 2005-10-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The rw_vm function in usercopy.c in the 4GB split patch for the Linux kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 does not perform proper bounds checking, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash).

Affected products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 4.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 4.0

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/17073
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=165547
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11556
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17073
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=165547
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11556

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