CVE-2005-1765 Denial of service in n/a

Low 2.1 Published Updated

Local attackers can cause a kernel hang and denial of service on AMD64 Linux systems running in 32-bit compatibility mode via crafted syscall arguments.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2005-1765?

CVE-2005-1765 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 30 Jun 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

syscall in the Linux kernel 2.6.8.1 and 2.6.10 for the AMD64 platform, when running in 32-bit compatibility mode, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel hang) via crafted arguments.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1765?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1765?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2005-1765 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1765 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-747f-24cg-37gr.

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