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CVE-2005-0001
Race condition in the page fault handler (fault.c) for Linux kernel 2.2.x to 2.2.7, 2.4 to 2.4.29, and 2.6 to 2.6.10, when running on…
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.50%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 57% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Race condition in the page fault handler (fault.c) for Linux kernel 2.2.x to 2.2.7, 2.4 to 2.4.29, and 2.6 to 2.6.10, when running on multiprocessor machines, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via concurrent threads that share the same virtual memory space and simultaneously request stack expansion.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 16 days later
· 16 days later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.50% · top 57% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- 20163 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 13822 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1082 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FLSA:2336 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20050112 Linux kernel i386 SMP page fault handler privilege escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10322 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-1070 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:043 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 2005-0001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:092 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- linux-fault-handler-gain-privileges(18849) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-1067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-1069 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- CLA-2005:930 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- 20050114 [USN-60-0] Linux kernel vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0022-pagefault.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20050112 Linux kernel i386 SMP page fault handler privilege escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20202 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 12244 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20338 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1012862 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-0002 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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