security flaw
Published Sep 30, 2005
4.7
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.29%
Description
Race condition in Linux 2.6, when threads are sharing memory mapping via CLONE_VM (such as linuxthreads and vfork), might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering a core dump while waiting for a thread that has just performed an exec.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 2.6.0
Configuration 2
- 3.1
Configuration 3
- 4.10
- 5.04
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
kernel-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0101
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0101 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
PartialDecision
n/aAssessed Feb 16, 2024 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.29% (0.00288) | 19.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.29% (0.00288) | 20.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00048) | 12.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 16, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 7.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/diffs/fs/exec.c%401.156?nav=index.html%7Csrc/%7Csrc/fs%7Chist/fs/exec.c x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17141 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANMailing List
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORABroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15049 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-199-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-3106 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617782 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3106
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9108 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3106
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.