Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 17, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2005-2617
CVE-2005-2617
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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Affected products
3- Range: >=2.6.12
Patches
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