CVE-2005-3358

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-12-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Linux kernel before 2.6.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a set_mempolicy call with a 0 bitmask, which causes a panic when a page fault occurs.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.6.14.7; 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.1-rc1, 2.6.1-rc2, 2.6.1-rc3, 2.6.3 (+91)

References

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%4042307e9fp8ihEMrfaoPMp_agDevQNA
http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18216
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510
http://secunia.com/advisories/18788
http://secunia.com/advisories/19038
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015433
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_06_kernel.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html

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