CVE-2005-4635: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The nl_fib_input function in fib_frontend.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.15 does not check for valid lengths of the header and payload, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory reference) via malformed fib_lookup netlink messages.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.0 only; version 2.0.9.9 only; version 2.1 only; version 2.2.0 only; version 2.2.15 only; version 2.2.15_pre20 only; …

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