security flaw
Published Mar 14, 2006
7.1
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.71%
Description
Race condition in the (1) add_key, (2) request_key, and (3) keyctl functions in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read sensitive kernel memory by modifying the length of a string argument between the time that the kernel calculates the length and when it copies the data into kernel memory.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.4
- 2.6.5
- 2.6.6
- 2.6.6
- 2.6.7
- 2.6.7
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8.1
- 2.6.8.1.5
- 2.6.9
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11.1
- 2.6.11.2
- 2.6.11.3
- 2.6.11.4
- 2.6.11.5
- 2.6.11.6
- 2.6.11.7
- 2.6.11.8
- 2.6.11.9
- 2.6.11.10
- 2.6.11.11
- 2.6.11.12
- 2.6.11_rc1_bk6
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12.1
- 2.6.12.2
- 2.6.12.3
- 2.6.12.4
- 2.6.12.5
- 2.6.12.6
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13.1
- 2.6.13.2
- 2.6.13.3
- 2.6.13.4
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14.1
- 2.6.14.2
- 2.6.14.3
- 2.6.14.4
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15.1
- 2.6.15.2
- 2.6.15.3
- 2.6.15.4
- 2.6.15.5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
kernel-0:2.6.9-42.EL
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0575
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-0:2.6.9-42.EL | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0575 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.71% (0.02715) | 85.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.73% (0.02726) | 84.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 1.50% (0.01500) | 79.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.83% (0.02825) | 85.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.35% (0.00352) | 72.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 0.35% (0.00352) | 72.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.40% (0.00397) | 72.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 17, 2023 | 0.40% (0.00397) | 70.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 23, 2023 | 0.29% (0.00289) | 65.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 17, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00277) | 63.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 9, 2023 | 0.32% (0.00317) | 65.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00223) | 58.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (17)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19220 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20398 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21465 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22417 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:059 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.osvdb.org/23894 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17084 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-0457 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618002 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25354 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0457
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9566 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/263-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0457
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.