dumpreg in Red Hat Linux 5.1 opens /dev/mem with O_RDWR access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by redirecting fd 1 (stdout) to the kernel.
CVSS v2.0 Score
2.1
/ 10.0
LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Information
- Published
- 29 juil. 1998
- Updated
- 16 avr. 2026
- Status
- Modified
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
Affected products
redhat linuxAll Linux Kernel CVEs →
Versions : 5.1
Weaknesses (CWE)
NVD-CWE-Other
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