#VU99922 Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-3108

Vulnerability identifier: #VU99922

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [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:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2005-3108

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Local

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor: Linux Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform service disruption.

mm/ioremap.c in Linux 2.6 on 64-bit x86 systems allows local users to cause a denial of service or an information leak via an ioremap on a certain memory map that causes the iounmap to perform a lookup of a page that does not exist.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Linux kernel: All versions

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External links
https://secunia.com/advisories/17141
https://secunia.com/advisories/17364
https://secunia.com/advisories/18056
https://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
https://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=93ef70a217637ade3f335303a112b22a134a1ec2
https://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-808.html
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15049
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-199-1
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11322

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.