CVE-2005-2800

N/A Unknown
Published: September 06, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826
Source: cve@mitre.org
Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17918
Source: cve@mitre.org
Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510
Source: cve@mitre.org
Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374
Source: cve@mitre.org
Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=729d70f5dfd663b44bca68a4479c96bde7e535d6
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Not Applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14790
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9954
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17918
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=729d70f5dfd663b44bca68a4479c96bde7e535d6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14790
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9954
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

28 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.2%
43th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

linux

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