The audit system in Linux kernel 2.6.6, and other versions before 2.6.13.4, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled, uses an incorrect…

Description

The audit system in Linux kernel 2.6.6, and other versions before 2.6.13.4, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled, uses an incorrect function to free names_cache memory, which prevents the memory from being tracked by AUDITSYSCALL code and leads to a memory leak that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.50% · top 57% 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
• CWE-401 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-401 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (20)

• MDKSA-2005:235 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 15076 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• RHSA-2005:808 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 17917 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2005:067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• MDKSA-2005:220 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
• 17364 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404346883bQBeBd26syWTKX2CVC5bDcA (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDKSA-2005:218 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
• http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=829841146878e082613a49581ae252c071057c23 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 17280 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 17826 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-199-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• FEDORA-2005-1007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• FLSA:157459-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• DSA-1017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• MDKSA-2005:219 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
• 17114 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9467 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 19374 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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.