VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2005-2617
CVSS score3.6 LOW
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-08-17
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Description
The syscall32_setup_pages function in syscall32.c for Linux kernel 2.6.12 and later, on the 64-bit x86 platform, does not check the return value of the insert_vm_struct function, which allows local users to trigger a memory leak via a 32-bit application with crafted ELF headers.