CVE-2006-6056

Publication date 22 November 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18 and possibly other versions, when SELinux hooks are enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed file stream that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the superblock_doinit function, as demonstrated using an HFS filesystem image.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux-source-2.6.15 7.04 feisty Not in release
6.10 edgy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 2.6.15-29.58
linux-source-2.6.17 7.04 feisty Not in release
6.10 edgy
Fixed 2.6.17.1-12.40
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
linux-source-2.6.20 7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-416-1
    • Linux kernel vulnerabilities
    • 10 February 2007

Other references