LOW
Linux kernel 2.6.16-rc2 and earlier, when running on x86_64 systems with preemption enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops) via multiple ptrace tasks that perform single steps, which can cause corruption of the DEBUG_STACK stack during the do_debug function call
Published Mar 27, 2006
1.2
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.35%
Description
Linux kernel 2.6.16-rc2 and earlier, when running on x86_64 systems with preemption enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops) via multiple ptrace tasks that perform single steps, which can cause corruption of the DEBUG_STACK stack during the do_debug function call.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 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
- 2.6.2
- 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
- 2.6.9
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11.5
- 2.6.11.6
- 2.6.11.7
- 2.6.11.8
- 2.6.11.11
- 2.6.11.12
- 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
- 2.6.14.5
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15.1
- 2.6.15.4
- 2.6_test9_cvs
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
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.
1.2 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.35% 0.00348
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00348
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00348) | 26.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00340) | 25.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 16.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 27.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 25.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 19, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 23.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113932292516359&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19955 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21614 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:151 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.osvdb.org/24098 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17216 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113932292516359&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19955 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/21614 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:151 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/24098 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17216 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 27, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 7, 2006
Link CVE-2006-1066
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a