CVE-2005-1265 Information

Description

The mmap function in the Linux Kernel 2.6.10 can be used to create memory maps with a start address beyond the end address which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash).

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/17073 http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 http://securitytracker.com/id?1014152 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13893 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10466 https://usn.ubuntu.com/137-1/