CVE-2005-2456

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Array index overflow in the xfrm_sk_policy_insert function in xfrm_user.c in Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops or deadlock) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a p->dir value that is larger than XFRM_POLICY_OUT, which is used as an index in the sock->sk_policy array.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-667

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 4, 2005
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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