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CVE Reference: CVE-2005-2617 |
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Original Page at CVE MITRE: CVE-2005-2617 |
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Description: The syscall32_setup_pages function in syscall32.c for Linux kernel 2.6.12 and later, on the 64-bit x86 platform, does not check the return value of the insert_vm_struct function, which allows local users to trigger a memory leak via a 32-bit application with crafted ELF headers. |
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CVE Status: Candidate |
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References: CONFIRM http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9fb1759a3102c26cd8f64254a7c3e532782c2bb8 http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=9fb1759a3102c26cd8f64254a7c3e532782c2bb8 |
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