CVE-2006-6056

security flaw

Published Nov 22, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 4.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18 and possibly other versions, when SELinux hooks are enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed file stream that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the superblock_doinit function, as demonstrated using an HFS filesystem image.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1304-1 New Linux kernel 2.6.8 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-6039 Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18 and possibly other versions, when SELinux hooks are enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed file stream that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the superblock_doinit function, as demonstrated using an HFS filesystem image.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-416-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00046}

epss

{'score': 0.00048}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 8:12 PM
Reserved
Nov 21, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 22, 2006, 1:07 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:32 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Nov 14, 2006, 12:00 AM