CVE-2005-0124 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2005-0124?

CVE-2005-0124 is a low-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 Jan 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The coda_pioctl function in the coda functionality (pioctl.c) for Linux kernel 2.6.9 and 2.4.x before 2.4.29 may allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via negative vi.in_size or vi.out_size values, which may trigger a buffer overflow.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0124?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2005-0124?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2005-0124 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0124 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-6g7g-h4hh-5mw5.