CVE-2006-2446 (GCVE-0-2006-2446)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-08-15 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 17:51
VLAI
Summary
Race condition between the kfree_skb and __skb_unlink functions in the socket buffer handling in Linux kernel 2.6.9, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated using the TCP stress tests from the LTP test suite.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1183 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/22082 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-05… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://secunia.com/advisories/21465 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19475 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/22417 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/22093 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2006-08-10 00:00
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