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CVE-2005-3106

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CVE-2005-3106 describes a race condition in Linux kernel versions 2.6, affecting various distributions including Canonical and Debian. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering a core dump during specific thread operations involving shared memory mapping and exec calls. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 4.7), exploitation requires local access and high attack complexity, leading to a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0029 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 1,297 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-3106Important

security flaw

Jan 15, 2005

References

linux.bkbits.net / linux-2.6/diffs/fs/exec.c%401.156
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/17141
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/18056
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/18510
Broken Link
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9108
Broken Link
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-922
Mailing List
mandriva.com / security/advisories
PatchThird Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/15049
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-199-1
Third Party Advisory