CVE-2006-6655

Published Dec 20, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 1.7 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The procfs implementation in NetBSD-current before 20061023, NetBSD 3.0 and 3.0.1 before 20061024, and NetBSD 2.x before 20061029 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by attempting to access /emul/linux/proc/0/stat on a procfs filesystem that was mounted with mount_procfs -o linux, which results in a NULL pointer dereference.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-6638 The procfs implementation in NetBSD-current before 20061023, NetBSD 3.0 and 3.0.1 before 20061024, and NetBSD 2.x before 20061029 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by attempting to access /emul/linux/proc/0/stat on a procfs filesystem that was mounted with mount_procfs -o linux, which results in a NULL pointer dereference.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 6:43 PM
Reserved
Dec 19, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 20, 2006, 2:28 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:33 PM