Memory corruption in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-6535
Published: January 30, 2007 / Updated: October 11, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95263
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-6535
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 damange or delete data.
The dev_queue_xmit function in Linux kernel 2.6 can fail before calling the local_bh_disable function, which could lead to data corruption and 'node lockups.' NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is exploitable.
How to mitigate CVE-2006-6535
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/gnupatch@4186e5bfgUOMBbA6xFaY0_z84kaURw
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23997
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24206
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25683
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25714
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22317
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11679