cve/2005/CVE-2005-0977.md

### [CVE-2005-0977](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0977)
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### Description

The shmem_nopage function in shmem.c for the tmpfs driver in Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly verify the address argument, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via an invalid address.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html

#### Github
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