CVE-2005-3044 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2005-3044?

CVE-2005-3044 is a low-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 Sep 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple vulnerabilities in Linux kernel before 2.6.13.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS from null dereference) via (1) fput in a 32-bit ioctl on 64-bit x86 systems or (2) sockfd_put in the 32-bit routing_ioctl function on 64-bit systems.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3044?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2005-3044?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2005-3044 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3044 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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