security flaw
Published Sep 22, 2006
4.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.39%
Description
The hugepage code (hugetlb.c) in Linux kernel 2.6, possibly 2.6.12 and 2.6.13, in certain configurations, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by triggering an mmap error before a prefault, which causes an error in the unmap_hugepage_area function.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.4
- 2.6.5
- 2.6.6
- 2.6.6
- 2.6.7
- 2.6.7
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.9
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11.5
- 2.6.11.6
- 2.6.11.7
- 2.6.11.8
- 2.6.11.11
- 2.6.11.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12.1
- 2.6.12.2
- 2.6.12.3
- 2.6.12.4
- 2.6.12.5
- 2.6.12.6
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13.1
- 2.6.13.2
- 2.6.13.3
- 2.6.13.4
- 2.6_test9_cvs
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
kernel-0:2.6.9-42.0.3.EL
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0689
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-0:2.6.9-42.0.3.EL | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0689 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00390) | 30.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00389) | 30.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 10.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 27.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 17, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 25.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 15, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 22.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | 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) |
No CWE recorded.
References (14)
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112323336017157 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22292 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22945 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25714 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20362 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-4811 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=165345 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617864 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4811
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10976 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4811
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.