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TI-2005-02937 Aliases CVE-2005-3106GHSA-fgcr-gvff-j4cq

Race condition in Linux 2.6, when threads are sharing memory mapping via CLONE_VM (such…

Priority LOW 21CWE-667Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-667 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Race condition in Linux 2.6, when threads are sharing memory mapping via CLONE_VM (such as linuxthreads and vfork), might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering a core dump while waiting for a thread that has just performed an exec.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00288 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.0VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.10VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.04VulnerableCanonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.0 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2006:0101 Released 2006-01-17 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 kernel-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL, kernel-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL.ia64, kernel-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL.ppc64iseries +8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 kernel-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL, kernel-devel-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL, kernel-doc-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL +4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 kernel-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL, kernel-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL.ia64, kernel-devel-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL +6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 kernel-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL, kernel-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL.ia64, kernel-devel-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL +6

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0101
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0101
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0101
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0101

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-3106
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fgcr-gvff-j4cq

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 2

Sources

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