CVE-2005-3055: Debian Linux

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Linux kernel 2.6.8 to 2.6.14-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) via a userspace process that issues a USB Request Block (URB) to a USB device and terminates before the URB is finished, which leads to a stale pointer reference.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 3.1 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.6.8 only; version 2.6.9 only; version 2.6.10 only; version 2.6.11 only; version 2.6.11.5 only; version 2.6.11.6 only; …

Published 2005-09-26. Last modified 2026-06-16.