CVE-2005-3806

N/A Unknown
Published: November 25, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

The IPv6 flow label handling code (ip6_flowlabel.c) in Linux kernels 2.4 up to 2.4.32 and 2.6 before 2.6.14 modifies the wrong variable in certain circumstances, which allows local users to corrupt kernel memory or cause a denial of service (crash) by triggering a free of non-allocated memory.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bh=bbbe80cdaf72a75a463aff9551e60b31e2f69061%3Bhp=f841bde30c18493a94fd5d522b84724a8eb82a4a%3Bhb=4ea6a8046bb49d43c950898f0cb4e1994ef6c89d%3Bf=net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ea6a8046bb49d43c950898f0cb4e1994ef6c89d
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/17917
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17918
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18203
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18562
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18684
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18977
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19369
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15729
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:044
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9903
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bh=bbbe80cdaf72a75a463aff9551e60b31e2f69061%3Bhp=f841bde30c18493a94fd5d522b84724a8eb82a4a%3Bhb=4ea6a8046bb49d43c950898f0cb4e1994ef6c89d%3Bf=net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ea6a8046bb49d43c950898f0cb4e1994ef6c89d
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/17917
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17918
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18203
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18562
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18684
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18977
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19369
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15729
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:044
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9903
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

56 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
34th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

linux

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