CVE-2005-3359: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The atm module in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.14 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via certain socket calls that produce inconsistent reference counts for loadable protocol modules.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.6.0 only; version 2.6.1 only; version 2.6.2 only; version 2.6.3 only; version 2.6.4 only; version 2.6.5 only; …

Published 2005-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.