CVE-2006-0557

Linux kernel <2.6.16 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

Description

sys_mbind in mempolicy.c in Linux kernel 2.6.16 and earlier does not sanity check the maxnod variable before making certain computations for the get_nodes function, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.

References (18)

[Various Sources] http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/2/27/355

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=184510

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25204

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0304.html

[Vendor Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/

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

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=636f13c174dd7c84a437d3c3e8fa66f03f7fda63

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=636f13c174dd7c84a437d3c3e8fa66f03f7fda63

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

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16924

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.osvdb.org/23895

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9674

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://securitytracker.com/id?1015752

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/19955

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

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/20914

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554

Scores

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 23.2%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.16

linux/linux_kernel

... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Mar 12, 2006

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026