CVE-2005-0529 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2005-0529 at MITRE

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.10 and 2.6.11rc1-bk6 uses different size types for offset arguments to the proc_file_read and locks_read_proc functions, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow when a signed comparison causes negative integers to be used in a positive context.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	2.1
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	None

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 65318 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SA:2005:018, published Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 01:03:28 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:38 2025