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LOW

security flaw

Published Jun 14, 2005

Description

The mmap function in the Linux Kernel 2.6.10 can be used to create memory maps with a start address beyond the end address, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash).

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (13)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jun 14, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 25, 2005
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date May 19, 2005