Security Advisory

CVE-2005-0176

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2005-02-16 05:00:00

Last updated 2024-08-07 21:05:25

Assigner mitre

CVSS score not scored

State PUBLISHED

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.

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