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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 17, 2005· Updated Jun 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

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  • Linux/Kernel2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Ubuntu/Linux Kernelllm-fuzzy
    Range: >=2.6.12

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