5.4
CVSSv2

CVE-2006-2446

Published: 15/08/2006 Updated: 11/10/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.4 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 4.9
VMScore: 481
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Race condition between the kfree_skb and __skb_unlink functions in the socket buffer handling in Linux kernel 2.6.9, and possibly other versions, allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated using the TCP stress tests from the LTP test suite.

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Vendor Advisories

This advisory covers the S/390 components of the recent security update for the Linux 268 kernel that were missing due to technical problems For reference, please see the text of the original advisory Several security related problems have been discovered in the Linux kernel which may lead to a denial of service or even the execution of arbitr ...