Memory leak in the seq_file implementation in the SCSI procfs interface (sg.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.13 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain repeated reads from the /proc/scsi/sg/devices file, which is not properly handled when the next() iterator returns NULL or an error.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1017-1 New Linux kernel 2.6.8 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-2801 Memory leak in the seq_file implementation in the SCSI procfs interface (sg.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.13 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain repeated reads from the /proc/scsi/sg/devices file, which is not properly handled when the next() iterator returns NULL or an error.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-178-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-08-07T22:45:02.270Z

Reserved: 2005-09-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-2800

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-09-06T17:03:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-2800

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2005-08-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-2800 - Bugzilla

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