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CVE-2005-1768


Race condition in the ia32 compatibility code for the execve system call in Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.31 and 2.6 before 2.6.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a concurrent thread that increments a pointer count after the nargs function has counted the pointers, but before the count is copied from user space to kernel space, which leads to a buffer overflow.


Published

2005-07-11T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 3.7 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: HIGH
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

1.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.2 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.3 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.10 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.11 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.12 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.13 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.14 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.15 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.16 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.17 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.18 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.18 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.18 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.18 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.18 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.18 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.18 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.18 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.18 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.18 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.19 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.19 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.19 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.19 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.19 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.19 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.19 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.20 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.21 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.21 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.21 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.21 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.22 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.22 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.23 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.23 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.23_ow2 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.24 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.24_ow1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.25 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.26 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.27 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.27 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.27 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.27 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.27 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.27 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.28 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.29 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.29 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.29 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.30 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.30 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.30 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.31 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.2 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.3 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.4 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.5 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.6 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.6 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.10 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6_test9_cvs Yes

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