CVE-2005-3808

N/A Unknown

Published: November 25, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

Integer overflow in the invalidate_inode_pages2_range function in mm/truncate.c in Linux kernel 2.6.11 to 2.6.14 allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang) via 64-bit mmap calls that are not properly handled on a 32-bit system.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/2005/Nov/7839.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18203

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/18788

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/19038

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.kernel.org/hg/linux-2.6/?cs=6d5ffbb49406

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_06_kernel.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9852

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15846

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html