VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-3106
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…
MEDIUM 4.7EPSS 0.29%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.29% probability · 21th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-667
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/diffs/fs/exec.c%401.156?nav=index.html%7Csrc/%7Csrc/fs%7Chist/fs/exec.cBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17141Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18056Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18510Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922Mailing List
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15049Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-199-1Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9108Broken Link
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/diffs/fs/exec.c%401.156?nav=index.html%7Csrc/%7Csrc/fs%7Chist/fs/exec.cBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17141Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18056Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18510Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922Mailing List
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15049Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-199-1Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9108Broken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.