--- title: "CVE-2005-2800\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-2800?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2005-2800 Publication date 6 September 2005 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Memory leak in the seq\_file implementation in the SCSI procfs interface (sg.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.13 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain repeated reads from the /proc/scsi/sg/devices file, which is not properly handled when the next() iterator returns NULL or an error. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | linux-source-2.6.17 | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.10 edgy | Not affected | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2800) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2800) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-2800) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2800) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-178-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-178-1) + Linux kernel vulnerabilities + 9 September 2005 ### Other references *