Buffer underwrite ('buffer underflow') in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-6054

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Buffer underwrite ('buffer underflow') in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-6054

Published: November 22, 2006 / Updated: October 11, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU95265
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-6054
CWE-ID: CWE-124
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The ext2 file system code in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an ext2 stream with malformed data structures that triggers an error in the ext2_check_page due to a length that is smaller than the minimum.


How to mitigate CVE-2006-6054

Install update from vendor's repository.

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