MEDIUM
The Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, on Fedora Core 6 and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed gfs2 file stream that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the init_journal function
Published Nov 22, 2006
4.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.49%
Description
The Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, on Fedora Core 6 and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed gfs2 file stream that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the init_journal function.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.4
- 2.6.5
- 2.6.6
- 2.6.7
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8.1
- 2.6.9
- 2.6.10
- 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
- 2.6.12
- 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
- 2.6.13.1
- 2.6.13.2
- 2.6.13.3
- 2.6.13.4
- 2.6.13.5
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14.1
- 2.6.14.2
- 2.6.14.3
- 2.6.14.4
- 2.6.14.5
- 2.6.14.6
- 2.6.14.7
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15.1
- 2.6.15.2
- 2.6.15.3
- 2.6.15.4
- 2.6.15.5
- 2.6.15.6
- 2.6.15.7
- 2.6.16
- 2.6.16.1
- 2.6.16.2
- 2.6.16.3
- 2.6.16.4
- 2.6.16.5
- 2.6.16.6
- 2.6.16.7
- 2.6.16.8
- 2.6.16.9
- 2.6.16.10
- 2.6.16.11
- 2.6.16.12
- 2.6.16.13
- 2.6.16.14
- 2.6.16.15
- 2.6.16.16
- 2.6.16.17
- 2.6.16.18
- 2.6.16.19
- 2.6.16.20
- 2.6.16.21
- 2.6.16.22
- 2.6.16.23
- 2.6.16.24
- 2.6.16.25
- 2.6.16.26
- 2.6.16.27
- 2.6.16.28
- 2.6.16.29
- 2.6.16.30
- 2.6.16.31
- 2.6.16.32
- 2.6.16.33
- 2.6.17
- 2.6.17.1
- 2.6.17.2
- 2.6.17.3
- 2.6.17.4
- 2.6.17.5
- 2.6.17.6
- 2.6.17.7
- 2.6.17.8
- 2.6.17.9
- 2.6.17.10
- 2.6.17.11
- 2.6.17.12
- 2.6.17.13
- 2.6.17.14
- 2.6.18
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not Vulnerable. The kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4 do not contain gfs2 filesystem support. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-15-11-2006.html x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22886 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24098 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4556 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6057 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30307 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6057
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6057
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-15-11-2006.html | x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22886 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24098 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4556 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6057 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30307 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6057 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6057 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 22, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 21, 2006
Link CVE-2006-6057
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a