CVE-2006-5619

Linux Kernel - Resource Management Error

Title source: rule

Description

The seqfile handling (ip6fl_get_n function in ip6_flowlabel.c) in Linux kernel 2.6 up to 2.6.18-stable allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang or oops) via unspecified manipulations that trigger an infinite loop while searching for flowlabels.

References (25)

[Various Sources] http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/11/5/46

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/22665

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/22754

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/23370

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/23384

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/23474

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/23593

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/23752

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4297

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29970

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:002

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025

[Vendor Advisory] http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bcd620757d3a4ae78ef0ca41adb5d9e400ed92b6

[Issue Tracking] https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-760

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451097/100/0/threaded

... and 5 more

Scores

EPSS 0.0011

EPSS Percentile 29.3%

Classification

CWE

CWE-399

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 Oct 31, 2006

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026