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CVE-2006-0457

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Description

Race condition in the (1) add_key, (2) request_key, and (3) keyctl functions in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read sensitive kernel memory by modifying the length of a string argument between the time that the kernel calculates the length and when it copies the data into kernel memory.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published3/14/2006

Last Modified4/16/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

linux:linux_kernel

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/19220(secalert@redhat.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/20398(secalert@redhat.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/21465(secalert@redhat.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/22417(secalert@redhat.com)

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:059(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.osvdb.org/23894(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17084(secalert@redhat.com)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25354(secalert@redhat.com)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9566(secalert@redhat.com)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/263-1/(secalert@redhat.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/19220(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/20398(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/21465(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/22417(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:059(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.osvdb.org/23894(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17084(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25354(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9566(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/263-1/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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