CVE-2005-3359

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The atm module in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.14 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via certain socket calls that produce inconsistent reference counts for loadable protocol modules.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.0, 2.6.0-test1, 2.6.0-test10, 2.6.0-test11, 2.6.0-test2, 2.6.0-test3 (+64)

References

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404339c66aLroC1_zunYKhEIbtIWrnwg
http://secunia.com/advisories/19220
http://secunia.com/advisories/20237
http://secunia.com/advisories/20914
http://secunia.com/advisories/21745
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:059
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17078
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=175769

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