CVE-2006-0557

Severity

49%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

115%

sys_mbind in mempolicy.c in Linux kernel 2.6.16 and earlier does not sanity check the maxnod variable before making certain computations for the get_nodes function, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.

sys_mbind in mempolicy.c in Linux kernel 2.6.16 and earlier does not sanity check the maxnod variable before making certain computations for the get_nodes function, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

First reported 18 years ago

2006-03-12 21:02:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-03 21:35:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel 2.6.0

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6.1

2.6.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.1 Release Candidate 1

2.6.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.1 Release Candidate 2

2.6.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.1 Release Candidate 3

2.6.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.2

2.6.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.2 Release Candidate 1

2.6.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.2 Release Candidate 2

2.6.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.2 Release Candidate 3

2.6.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.3

2.6.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.3 Release Candidate 1

2.6.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.3 Release Candidate 2

2.6.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.3 Release Candidate 3

2.6.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.3 Release Candidate 4

2.6.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.4

2.6.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.4 Release Candidate 1

2.6.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.4 Release Candidate 2

2.6.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.4 Release Candidate 3

2.6.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.5

2.6.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.5 Release Candidate 1

2.6.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.5 Release Candidate 2

2.6.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.5 Release Candidate 3

2.6.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.6

2.6.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.6 Release Candidate 1

2.6.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.6 Release Candidate 2

2.6.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.6 Release Candidate 3

2.6.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.7

2.6.7

Linux Kernel 2.6.7 Release Candidate 1

2.6.7

Linux Kernel 2.6.7 Release Candidate 2

2.6.7

Linux Kernel 2.6.7 Release Candidate 3

2.6.7

Linux Kernel 2.6.8

2.6.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.8 Release Candidate 1

2.6.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.8 Release Candidate 2

2.6.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.8 Release Candidate 3

2.6.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.8 Release Candidate 4

2.6.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1

2.6.8.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.9

2.6.9

Linux Kernel 2.6.9 Release Candidate 1

2.6.9

Linux Kernel 2.6.9 Release Candidate 2

2.6.9

Linux Kernel 2.6.9 Release Candidate 3

2.6.9

Linux Kernel 2.6.9 Release Candidate 4

2.6.9

Linux Kernel 2.6.10

2.6.10

Linux Kernel 2.6.10 Release Candidate 1

2.6.10

Linux Kernel 2.6.10 Release Candidate 2

2.6.10

Linux Kernel 2.6.10 Release Candidate 3

2.6.10

Linux Kernel 2.6.11

2.6.11

Linux Kernel 2.6.11 Release Candidate 1

2.6.11

Linux Kernel 2.6.11 Release Candidate 2

2.6.11

Linux Kernel 2.6.11 Release Candidate 3

2.6.11

Linux Kernel 2.6.11 Release Candidate 4

2.6.11

Linux Kernel 2.6.11 Release Candidate 5

2.6.11

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.1

2.6.11.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.2

2.6.11.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.3

2.6.11.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.4

2.6.11.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.5

2.6.11.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.6

2.6.11.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.7

2.6.11.7

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.8

2.6.11.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.9

2.6.11.9

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.10

2.6.11.10

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.11

2.6.11.11

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.12

2.6.11.12

Linux Kernel 2.6.12

2.6.12

Linux Kernel 2.6.12 Release Candidate 1

2.6.12

Linux Kernel 2.6.12 Release Candidate 2

2.6.12

Linux Kernel 2.6.12 Release Candidate 3

2.6.12

Linux Kernel 2.6.12 Release Candidate 4

2.6.12

Linux Kernel 2.6.12 Release Candidate 5

2.6.12

Linux Kernel 2.6.12 Release Candidate 6

2.6.12

Linux Kernel 2.6.12.1

2.6.12.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.12.2

2.6.12.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.12.3

2.6.12.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.12.4

2.6.12.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.12.5

2.6.12.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.12.6

2.6.12.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.13

2.6.13

Linux Kernel 2.6.13 Release Candidate 1

2.6.13

Linux Kernel 2.6.13 Release Candidate 2

2.6.13

Linux Kernel 2.6.13 Release Candidate 3

2.6.13

Linux Kernel 2.6.13 Release Candidate 4

2.6.13

Linux Kernel 2.6.13 Release Candidate 5

2.6.13

Linux Kernel 2.6.13 Release Candidate 6

2.6.13

Linux Kernel 2.6.13 Release Candidate 7

2.6.13

Linux Kernel 2.6.13.1

2.6.13.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.13.2

2.6.13.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.13.3

2.6.13.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.13.4

2.6.13.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.13.5

2.6.13.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.14

2.6.14

Linux Kernel 2.6.14 Release Candidate 1

2.6.14

Linux Kernel 2.6.14 Release Candidate 2

2.6.14

Linux Kernel 2.6.14 Release Candidate 3

2.6.14

Linux Kernel 2.6.14 Release Candidate 4

2.6.14

Linux Kernel 2.6.14 Release Candidate 5

2.6.14

Linux Kernel 2.6.14.1

2.6.14.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.14.2

2.6.14.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.14.3

2.6.14.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.14.4

2.6.14.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.14.5

2.6.14.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.14.6

2.6.14.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.14.7

2.6.14.7

Linux Kernel 2.6.15

2.6.15

Linux Kernel 2.6.15 Release Candidate 1

2.6.15

Linux Kernel 2.6.15 Release Candidate 2

2.6.15

Linux Kernel 2.6.15 Release Candidate 3

2.6.15

Linux Kernel 2.6.15 Release Candidate 4

2.6.15

Linux Kernel 2.6.15 Release Candidate 5

2.6.15

Linux Kernel 2.6.15 Release Candidate 6

2.6.15

Linux Kernel 2.6.15 Release Candidate 7

2.6.15

Linux Kernel 2.6.15.1

2.6.15.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.15.2

2.6.15.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.15.3

2.6.15.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.15.4

2.6.15.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.15.5

2.6.15.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.15.6

2.6.15.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.15.7

2.6.15.7

Linux Kernel

Linux Kernel 2.6.16 Release Candidate 1

2.6.16

Linux Kernel 2.6.16 Release Candidate 2

2.6.16

Linux Kernel 2.6.16 Release Candidate 3

2.6.16

Linux Kernel 2.6.16 Release Candidate 4

2.6.16

Linux Kernel 2.6.16 Release Candidate 5

2.6.16

Linux Kernel 2.6.16 Release Candidate 6

2.6.16

References

http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/2/27/355

Patch

RHBA-2007-0304

19955

Vendor Advisory

20398

Vendor Advisory

20914

Vendor Advisory

1015752

Patch

DSA-1103

http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=636f13c174dd7c84a437d3c3e8fa66f03f7fda63

Patch

http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=636f13c174dd7c84a437d3c3e8fa66f03f7fda63

Patch

MDKSA-2006:059

SUSE-SA:2006:028

23895

16924

Patch

ADV-2006-2554

Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=184510

linux-get-nodes-dos(25204)

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9674

USN-281-1

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