CVE-2005-3753: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Linux kernel before after 2.6.12 and before 2.6.13.1 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (Oops) via certain IPSec packets that cause alignment problems in standard multi-block cipher processors. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue can be triggered by an attacker.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.6.12.1 only; version 2.6.12.2 only; version 2.6.12.3 only; version 2.6.12.4 only; version 2.6.13 only

Published 2005-11-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.