CVE-2005-3105
Publication date 30 September 2005
Last updated 17 July 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
The mprotect code (mprotect.c) in Linux 2.6 on Itanium IA64 Montecito processors does not properly maintain cache coherency as required by the architecture, which allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly corrupt data by modifying PTE protections.