CVE-2006-7229 (GCVE-0-2006-7229)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-11-15 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-03 15:00
VLAI
Summary
The skge driver 1.5 in Linux kernel 2.6.15 on Ubuntu does not properly use the spin_lock and spin_unlock functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via a flood of network traffic.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/28971 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2006-10-12 00:00
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