CVE-2006-2071

Linux kernel <2.6.16 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x up to 2.6.16 allows local users to bypass IPC permissions and modify a readonly attachment of shared memory by using mprotect to give write permission to the attachment. NOTE: some original raw sources combined this issue with CVE-2006-1524, but they are different bugs.

References (31)

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Scores

EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 28.8%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

linux/linux_kernel
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Timeline

Published Apr 27, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026