CVE-2005-3808 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2005-3808?

CVE-2005-3808 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Nov 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Integer overflow in the invalidate_inode_pages2_range function in mm/truncate.c in Linux kernel 2.6.11 to 2.6.14 allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang) via 64-bit mmap calls that are not properly handled on a 32-bit system.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3808?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2005-3808?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-3808 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2005-3808 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-3808 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-rxwh-v3fg-c6vp.