CVE-2006-6057

Published Nov 22, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 4.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, on Fedora Core 6 and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed gfs2 file stream that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the init_journal function.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-6040 The Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, on Fedora Core 6 and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed gfs2 file stream that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the init_journal function.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-416-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00061}

epss

{'score': 0.00064}

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