#VU95247 Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-2800

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#VU95247 Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-2800

Published: September 6, 2005 / Updated: August 2, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU95247
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-2800
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform service disruption.

Memory leak in the seq_file implementation in the SCSI procfs interface (sg.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.13 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain repeated reads from the /proc/scsi/sg/devices file, which is not properly handled when the next() iterator returns NULL or an error.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's repository.

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