CVE-2005-0977

Publication date 2 May 2005

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Unknown

Why this priority?

The shmem_nopage function in shmem.c for the tmpfs driver in Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly verify the address argument, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via an invalid address.

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux-source-2.6.17 7.04 feisty Not in release
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release