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CVE-2006-0557
N/ADescription
sys_mbind in mempolicy.c in Linux kernel 2.6.16 and earlier does not sanity check the maxnod variable before making certain computations for the get_nodes function, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A
Published3/12/2006
Last Modified4/16/2026
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
linux:linux_kernel
References
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/2/27/355(bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0304.html(bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19955(bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20398(bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20914(bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015752(bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103(bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88)
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=636f13c174dd7c84a437d3c3e8fa66f03f7fda63(bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88)
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=636f13c174dd7c84a437d3c3e8fa66f03f7fda63(bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:059(bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html(bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88)
http://www.osvdb.org/23895(bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16924(bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554(bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=184510(bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25204(bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9674(bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/(bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88)
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/2/27/355(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0304.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19955(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20398(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20914(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015752(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=636f13c174dd7c84a437d3c3e8fa66f03f7fda63(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=636f13c174dd7c84a437d3c3e8fa66f03f7fda63(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/23895(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16924(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=184510(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25204(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9674(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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