CVE-2005-3808

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-11-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in the invalidate_inode_pages2_range function in mm/truncate.c in Linux kernel 2.6.11 to 2.6.14 allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang) via 64-bit mmap calls that are not properly handled on a 32-bit system.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.11, 2.6.11.1, 2.6.11.2, 2.6.11.3, 2.6.11.4, 2.6.11.5 (+24)

References

http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html
http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/2005/Nov/7839.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18203
http://secunia.com/advisories/18788
http://secunia.com/advisories/19038
http://www.kernel.org/hg/linux-2.6/?cs=6d5ffbb49406
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_06_kernel.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9852
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15846
https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/
http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html

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