Vulnerability Details : CVE-2005-0916
AIO in the Linux kernel 2.6.11 on the PPC64 or IA64 architectures with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE enabled allows local users to cause a denial of service (system panic) via a process that executes the io_queue_init function but exits without running io_queue_release, which causes exit_aio and is_hugepage_only_range to fail.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0916
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.04%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 8 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2005-0916
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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2.1
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LOW | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
3.9
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2.9
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NIST |
References for CVE-2005-0916
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http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html
404 Page Not Found | SUSE
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http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404248c8c0es30_4YVdwa6vteKi7h_nw
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12987
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http://groups-beta.google.com/group/linux.kernel/browse_thread/thread/13b43bd5783842f6/7ce3c5a514a497ab?q=io_queue_init&rnum=3#7ce3c5a514a497ab
Products affected by CVE-2005-0916
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*