Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-3356
CVE-2005-3356
Description
The mq_open system call in Linux kernel 2.6.9, in certain situations, can decrement a counter twice ("double decrement") as a result of multiple calls to the mntput function when the dentry_open function call fails, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified attack vectors.
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References
18- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/18510nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/18527nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/18788nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/19038nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/19374nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017nvd
- www.kernel.org/git/nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_06_kernel.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16283nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25302nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10731nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/244-1/nvd
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