2.1
LOW
CVE-2005-0916
Linux Kernel AIO Denial of Service (DoS)
Description

AIO in the Linux kernel 2.6.11 on the PPC64 or IA64 architectures with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE enabled allows local users to cause a denial of service (system panic) via a process that executes the io_queue_init function but exits without running io_queue_release, which causes exit_aio and is_hugepage_only_range to fail.

INFO

Published Date :

May 2, 2005, 4 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 20, 2024, 11:56 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2005-0916 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2005-0916 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2005-0916 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 20, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://groups-beta.google.com/group/linux.kernel/browse_thread/thread/13b43bd5783842f6/7ce3c5a514a497ab?q=io_queue_init&rnum=3#7ce3c5a514a497ab
    Added Reference http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404248c8c0es30_4YVdwa6vteKi7h_nw
    Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12987
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 13, 2005

    Action Type Old Value New Value
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.07569

percentile

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