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CVE-2005-3107
fs/exec.c in Linux 2.6, when one thread is tracing another thread that shares the same memory map, might allow local users to cause a…
Low2.1EPSS 0.42%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
fs/exec.c in Linux 2.6, when one thread is tracing another thread that shares the same memory map, might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by forcing a core dump when the traced thread is in the TASK_TRACED state.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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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 (14)
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/diffs/fs/exec.c%401.155?nav=index.html%7Csrc/%7Csrc/fs%7Chist/fs/exec.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11473 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0437 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 18056 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21136 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.11-rc1/2.6.11-rc1-mm1/broken-out/fix-coredump_wait-deadlock-with-ptracer-tracee-on-shared-mm.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 21983 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-922 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 15049 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-180.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 17141 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:420 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-199-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:072 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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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