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Medium
CVE-2006-6057
The Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18, and possibly other...
Vulnerability Description
The Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, on Fedora Core 6 and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed gfs2 file stream that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the init_journal function.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
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linux kernel
Vulnerable Versions:
2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5, 2.6.6, 2.6.7, 2.6.8, 2.6.8.1, 2.6.9, 2.6.10, 2.6.11, 2.6.11.1, 2.6.11.2, 2.6.11.3, 2.6.11.4, 2.6.11.5, 2.6.11.6, 2.6.11.7, 2.6.11.8, 2.6.11.9, 2.6.11.10, 2.6.11.11, 2.6.11.12, 2.6.12, 2.6.12.1, 2.6.12.2, 2.6.12.3, 2.6.12.4, 2.6.12.5, 2.6.12.6, 2.6.13, 2.6.13.1, 2.6.13.2, 2.6.13.3, 2.6.13.4, 2.6.13.5, 2.6.14, 2.6.14.1, 2.6.14.2, 2.6.14.3, 2.6.14.4, 2.6.14.5, 2.6.14.6, 2.6.14.7, 2.6.15, 2.6.15.1, 2.6.15.2, 2.6.15.3, 2.6.15.4, 2.6.15.5, 2.6.15.6, 2.6.15.7, 2.6.16, 2.6.16.1, 2.6.16.2, 2.6.16.3, 2.6.16.4, 2.6.16.5, 2.6.16.6, 2.6.16.7, 2.6.16.8, 2.6.16.9, 2.6.16.10, 2.6.16.11, 2.6.16.12, 2.6.16.13, 2.6.16.14, 2.6.16.15, 2.6.16.16, 2.6.16.17, 2.6.16.18, 2.6.16.19, 2.6.16.20, 2.6.16.21, 2.6.16.22, 2.6.16.23, 2.6.16.24, 2.6.16.25, 2.6.16.26, 2.6.16.27, 2.6.16.28, 2.6.16.29, 2.6.16.30, 2.6.16.31, 2.6.16.32, 2.6.16.33, 2.6.17, 2.6.17.1, 2.6.17.2, 2.6.17.3, 2.6.17.4, 2.6.17.5, 2.6.17.6, 2.6.17.7, 2.6.17.8, 2.6.17.9, 2.6.17.10, 2.6.17.11, 2.6.17.12, 2.6.17.13, 2.6.17.14, 2.6.18
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 22nd, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.