CVE-2005-3108 Denial of service in n/a

Low 2.1 Published Updated

Local attackers can cause denial of service or information leaks in the Linux kernel via improper ioremap handling on 64-bit x86 systems.

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-2005-3108?

CVE-2005-3108 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 30 Sep 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

mm/ioremap.c in Linux 2.6 on 64-bit x86 systems allows local users to cause a denial of service or an information leak via an ioremap on a certain memory map that causes the iounmap to perform a lookup of a page that does not exist.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3108?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2005-3108?

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-2005-3108 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3108 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h3p2-qcgx-wvv3.

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