Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 4, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-2456
CVE-2005-2456
Description
Array index overflow in the xfrm_sk_policy_insert function in xfrm_user.c in Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops or deadlock) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a p->dir value that is larger than XFRM_POLICY_OUT, which is used as an index in the sock->sk_policy array.
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References
23- www.mail-archive.com/netdev%40vger.kernel.org/msg00520.htmlnvdPatch
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threadednvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14477nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21710nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- secunia.com/advisories/16298nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/16500nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/17002nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/17073nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/17826nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/18056nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/18059nvdBroken Link
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921nvdMailing List
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922nvdMailing List
- www.kernel.org/git/nvdBroken Link
- www.kernel.org/git/nvdBroken Link
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878nvdBroken Link
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10858nvdBroken Link
- usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/nvdBroken Link
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