CVE-2005-2800

security flaw

Published Sep 6, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Memory leak in the seq_file implementation in the SCSI procfs interface (sg.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.13 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain repeated reads from the /proc/scsi/sg/devices file, which is not properly handled when the next() iterator returns NULL or an error.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1017-1 New Linux kernel 2.6.8 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-2801 Memory leak in the seq_file implementation in the SCSI procfs interface (sg.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.13 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain repeated reads from the /proc/scsi/sg/devices file, which is not properly handled when the next() iterator returns NULL or an error.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-178-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:45 PM
Reserved
Sep 6, 2005, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 6, 2005, 5:03 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:15 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Aug 27, 2005, 12:00 AM