CVE-2005-2492

The raw_sendmsg function in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (change hardware state) or read from arbitrary memory via crafted input.

• CWE-264

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112690609622266&w=2Mailing List
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16747/Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17073Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17918Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.13.1
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:235Vendor Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.htmlNot Applicable
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14787Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-178-1Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166830Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22218
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11031
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112690609622266&w=2Mailing List
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16747/Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17073Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17918Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.13.1
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:235Vendor Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.htmlNot Applicable
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14787Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-178-1Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166830Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22218
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11031

Published

Sep 14, 2005

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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