The mprotect code (mprotect.c) in Linux 2.6 on Itanium IA64 Montecito processors does not properly maintain cache coherency as required by…

Description

The mprotect code (mprotect.c) in Linux 2.6 on Itanium IA64 Montecito processors does not properly maintain cache coherency as required by the architecture, which allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly corrupt data by modifying PTE protections.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• 18056 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404248d4019z8HvgrPAji51TKrWiV2uw?nav=index.html%7Csrc/%7Csrc/mm%7Crelated/mm/mprotect.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.intel.com/cd/ids/developer/asmo-na/eng/215766.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• DSA-922 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://cache-www.intel.com/cd/00/00/21/57/215792_215792.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• RHSA-2005:514 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11283 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 23:01 UTC.