#VU95216 Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-7229 

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#VU95216 Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-7229

Published: November 15, 2007 / Updated: September 5, 2008


Vulnerability identifier: #VU95216
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2006-7229
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The skge driver 1.5 in Linux kernel 2.6.15 on Ubuntu does not properly use the spin_lock and spin_unlock functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via a flood of network traffic.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's repository.

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