CVE-2006-6057

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

Description

The Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, on Fedora Core 6 and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed gfs2 file stream that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the init_journal function.

References (6)

[Exploit, Vendor Advisory] http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-15-11-2006.html

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

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30307

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/22886

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

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4556

Scores

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 19.7%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

linux/linux_kernel

... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Nov 22, 2006

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026