CVE-2005-3179

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: 2005-10-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

drm.c in Linux kernel 2.6.10 to 2.6.13 creates a debug file in sysfs with world-readable and world-writable permissions, which allows local users to enable DRM debugging and obtain sensitive information.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.10, 2.6.11, 2.6.11.1, 2.6.11.2, 2.6.11.3, 2.6.11.4 (+16)

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107893
http://secunia.com/advisories/17114
http://secunia.com/advisories/17280
http://www.kernel.org/hg/linux-2.6/?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=d7067d7d1f92cba14963a430cfbd53098cbbc8fd
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:235
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9549
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15154
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107893
http://secunia.com/advisories/17114
http://secunia.com/advisories/17280
http://www.kernel.org/hg/linux-2.6/?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=d7067d7d1f92cba14963a430cfbd53098cbbc8fd

Get alerted when CVE-2005-3179 or the next vulnerability affects your stack