CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-0176

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2005-02-15 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-02-15
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

The shmctl function in Linux 2.6.9 and earlier allows local users to unlock the memory of other processes, which could cause sensitive memory to be swapped to disk, which could allow it to be read by other users once it has been released.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel 2.6.9

References