Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-5158
Published: August 2, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95228
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-5158
CWE-ID: CWE-667
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The nlmclnt_mark_reclaim in clntlock.c in NFS lockd in Linux kernel before 2.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) and deny access to NFS exports via unspecified vectors that trigger a kernel oops (null dereference) and a deadlock.
How to mitigate CVE-2006-5158
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_57_kernel.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23361
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23384
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23752
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-287.htm
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21581
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25838
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26289
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113476665626446&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113494474208973&w=2
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10128
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9b5b1f5bf9dcdb6f23abf65977a675eb4deba3c0