CVE-2006-0457

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

Description

Race condition in the (1) add_key, (2) request_key, and (3) keyctl functions in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read sensitive kernel memory by modifying the length of a string argument between the time that the kernel calculates the length and when it copies the data into kernel memory.

References (13)

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25354

[Vendor Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/263-1/

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:059

[Vendor Advisory] http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17084

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.osvdb.org/23894

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9566

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/19220

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/20398

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/21465

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/22417

Scores

EPSS 0.0150

EPSS Percentile 80.9%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

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Timeline

Published Mar 14, 2006

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026