Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 26, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-3053
CVE-2005-3053
Description
The sys_set_mempolicy function in mempolicy.c in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel BUG()) via a negative first argument.
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Affected products
2Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
13- linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%4042eef8b09C5r6iI0LuMe5Uy3k05c5gnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/17141nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/17364nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/17826nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/19374nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-808.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15049nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-199-1nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10576nvd
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