Improper input validation in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-1528

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Improper input validation in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-1528

Published: May 18, 2006 / Updated: February 13, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU95755
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1528
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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.

Linux kernel before 2.6.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a dio transfer from the sg driver to memory mapped (mmap) IO space.


How to mitigate CVE-2006-1528

Install update from vendor's repository.

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