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CVE-2006-0457

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.

Published

2006-03-14T02:02:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.1 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: HIGH
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

9.2

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.3 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.4 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.5 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.6 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.6 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.7 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.7 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.8 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.8 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.8 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.8 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.8.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.8.1.5 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.9 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.10 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.10 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.11 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.11 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.11 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.11 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.11 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.11.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.11.2 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.11.3 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.11.4 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.11.5 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.11.6 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.11.7 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.11.8 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.11.9 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.11.10 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.11.11 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.11.12 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.11_rc1_bk6 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.12 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.12 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.12 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.12 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.12.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.12.2 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.12.3 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.12.4 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.12.5 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.12.6 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.13 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.13 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.13 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.13 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.13 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.13.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.13.2 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.13.3 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.13.4 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.14 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.14 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.14 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.14 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.14 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.14.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.14.2 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.14.3 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.14.4 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.15 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.15 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.15 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.15 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.15 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.15 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.15 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.15.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.15.2 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.15.3 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.15.4 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.15.5 Yes
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