CVE-2006-2629

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

Description

Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6.15 to 2.6.17, when running on SMP platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating and exiting a large number of tasks, then accessing the /proc entry of a task that is exiting, which causes memory corruption that leads to a failure in the prune_dcache function or a BUG_ON error in include/linux/list.h.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Tony Griffiths · textdoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27925

Scores

EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 39.2%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (38)

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
... and 23 more

Timeline

Published May 27, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026