CVE-2005-2617 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2005-2617?

CVE-2005-2617 is a low-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Aug 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2617?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2005-2617?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2617 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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

Is CVE-2005-2617 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2617 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-6gg7-c2v3-mxxq.