Null pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-3274

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Null pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-3274

Published: October 21, 2005 / Updated: January 21, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU95761
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-3274
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Race condition in ip_vs_conn_flush in Linux 2.6 before 2.6.13 and 2.4 before 2.4.32-pre2, when running on SMP systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (null dereference) by causing a connection timer to expire while the connection table is being flushed before the appropriate lock is acquired.


How to mitigate CVE-2005-3274

Install update from vendor's repository.

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