CVE-2006-1524

Severity

36%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

81%

madvise_remove in Linux kernel 2.6.16 up to 2.6.16.6 does not follow file and mmap restrictions, which allows local users to bypass IPC permissions and replace portions of readonly tmpfs files with zeroes, aka the MADV_REMOVE vulnerability. NOTE: this description was originally written in a way that combined two separate issues. The mprotect issue now has a separate name, CVE-2006-2071.

madvise_remove in Linux kernel 2.6.16 up to 2.6.16.6 does not follow file and mmap restrictions, which allows local users to bypass IPC permissions and replace portions of readonly tmpfs files with zeroes, aka the MADV_REMOVE vulnerability. NOTE: this description was originally written in a way that combined two separate issues. The mprotect issue now has a separate name, CVE-2006-2071.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 18 years ago

2006-04-19 18:18:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-20 01:30:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel 2.6.16

2.6.16

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.1

2.6.16.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.2

2.6.16.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.3

2.6.16.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.4

2.6.16.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.5

2.6.16.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.16.6

2.6.16.6

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