Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 6, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-2800
CVE-2005-2800
Description
Memory leak in the seq_file implementation in the SCSI procfs interface (sg.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.13 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain repeated reads from the /proc/scsi/sg/devices file, which is not properly handled when the next() iterator returns NULL or an error.
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Affected products
15cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 14 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.9:2.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=2.6.13
Patches
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References
14- secunia.com/advisories/17826nvdPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/17918nvdPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/18510nvdPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19374nvdPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14790nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.htmlnvdNot Applicable
- www.kernel.org/git/nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threadednvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9954nvd
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