{"cve":"CVE-2005-0977","nvd":{"published":"2005-05-02T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:12:09.283","status":"Modified","description":"The shmem_nopage function in shmem.c for the tmpfs driver in Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly verify the address argument, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via an invalid address.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40420551fbRlv9-QG6Gw9Lw_bKVfPSsg","http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/2/5/111","http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12970"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:38:22.000386253+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2005-0977","score":0.00357,"percentile":0.29404,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}