CVE-2005-3356 | BDVDB-2026-14786 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c7dce9209161eb260cdf9e9172f72c3a02379e6
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18788
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19038
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169130
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:040
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10731
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25302
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_06_kernel.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18510
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16283
- http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.