Cache Coherency Vulnerability in mprotect.c on Itanium IA64 Montecito Processors

CVE-2005-3105 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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