CVE-2006-6056

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18 and possibly other versions, when SELinux hooks are enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed file stream that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the superblock_doinit function, as demonstrated using an HFS filesystem image.

References (20)

[Exploit, Vendor Advisory] http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-14-11-2006.html

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

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:078

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30278

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9949

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

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

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/22887

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/23474

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/23997

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/24098

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/24206

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/24482

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/24777

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/25691

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/25714

Scores

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 14.5%

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 Nov 22, 2006

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026