Resource Management Errors Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [2.6.0,2.6.18]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004740
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed31 Oct 2006
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Oct 2006

CVE-2006-5619  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for torvalds/linux.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. The seqfile handling (ip6fl_get_n function in ip6_flowlabel.c) in Linux kernel 2.6 up to 2.6.18-stable allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang or oops) via unspecified manipulations that trigger an infinite loop while searching for flowlabels.

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CVSS Base Scores

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