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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-0978 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-08-07T21:35:58.930Z

Reserved: 2005-04-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-0977

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-0977

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2005-02-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-0977 - Bugzilla

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