First published: Fri Sep 30 2005(Updated: )
mm/ioremap.c in Linux 2.6 on 64-bit x86 systems allows local users to cause a denial of service or an information leak via an ioremap on a certain memory map that causes the iounmap to perform a lookup of a page that does not exist.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Linux kernel | =2.6.0 |
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CVE-2005-3108 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause denial of service and information leaks.
To mitigate CVE-2005-3108, upgrade to a later version of the Linux kernel that has addressed this issue.
CVE-2005-3108 affects users running Linux kernel version 2.6.0 on 64-bit x86 systems.
The potential impacts of CVE-2005-3108 include denial of service and unintended information leakage.
CVE-2005-3108 is considered a local vulnerability, as it requires a local user to exploit it.