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CVE-2005-2490

Stack-based buffer overflow in the sendmsg function call in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1...

4.6 Medium

Stack-based buffer overflow in the sendmsg function call in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by calling sendmsg and modifying the message contents in another thread.

Exploit likelihood

0.56%Down 1.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.6

Stack-based buffer overflow in the sendmsg function call in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by calling sendmsg and modifying the message contents in another thread.

Record
CVE-2005-2490
CVSS 2.0
4.6 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Stack-based buffer overflow in the sendmsg function call in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by calling sendmsg and modifying the message contents in another thread.

Record
CVE-2005-2490
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2005-2491 No score

Stack-based buffer overflow in the sendmsg function call in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by calling sendmsg and modifying the message contents in another thread.

Record
EUVD-2005-2491
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jwvc-gv2c-8v38 No score

Stack-based buffer overflow in the sendmsg function call in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1...

Stack-based buffer overflow in the sendmsg function call in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by calling sendmsg and modifying the message contents in another thread.

Record
GHSA-jwvc-gv2c-8v38
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel-source-2.6.8
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 30 CVEs
 before 2.6.8-16sarge2, plus listed versions
2.6.8-162.6.8-16sarge1
2.6.8-16sarge2
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 19 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-22.EL
0:2.6.9-22.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-BOOT
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-hugemem-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-smp-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-source
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-BOOT
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-hugemem-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-smp-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-source
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-BOOT
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-hugemem-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-smp-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-source
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-BOOT
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-hugemem-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-smp-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-source
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL
kernel-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-37.EL
0:2.4.21-37.EL

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2005-2490 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Linux Kernel, published September 14, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.56%, the 46th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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