CVE-2005-3808
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…
- 4.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.77%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 44% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Linux Kernel 2.6.x - INVALIDATE_INODE_PAGES2 Local Integer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26811dos, linuxpublished 13 Dec 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.77% · top 44% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References11
- 18788 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/hg/linux-2.6/?cs=6d5ffbb49406 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 19038 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 15846 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 18203 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20051123 32bit integer overflow in invalidate_inode_pages2() (local DoS) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2005-1138 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-231-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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-2005-3803 (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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