CVE-2005-1768

security flaw

Published Jul 11, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 3.7 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Race condition in the ia32 compatibility code for the execve system call in Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.31 and 2.6 before 2.6.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a concurrent thread that increments a pointer count after the nargs function has counted the pointers, but before the count is copied from user space to kernel space, which leads to a buffer overflow.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-921-1 New Linux 2.4.27 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-1770 Race condition in the ia32 compatibility code for the execve system call in Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.31 and 2.6 before 2.6.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a concurrent thread that increments a pointer count after the nargs function has counted the pointers, but before the count is copied from user space to kernel space, which leads to a buffer overflow.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 9:59 PM
Reserved
May 31, 2005, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 11, 2005, 4:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:13 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Jul 4, 2005, 12:00 AM