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CVE-2006-2629

Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6.15 to 2.6.17, when running on SMP platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating and exiting a large number of tasks, then accessing the /proc entry of a task that is exiting, which causes memory corruption that leads to a failure in the prune_dcache function or a BUG_ON error in include/linux/list.h.

  • Published: May 27, 2006
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2006-2629
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4
  • AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.16 2.6.16.16.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.9 2.6.16.9.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.15.3 2.6.15.3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.6 2.6.16.6.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.8 2.6.16.8.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16-rc6 2.6.16-rc6.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16-rc1 2.6.16-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.18 2.6.16.18.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.13 2.6.16.13.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.4 2.6.16.4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.15 2.6.16.15.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.15.6 2.6.15.6.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.15.1 2.6.15.1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.1 2.6.16.1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.17 2.6.17.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.11 2.6.16.11.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.14 2.6.16.14.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16-rc5 2.6.16-rc5.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.3 2.6.16.3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.17-rc3 2.6.17-rc3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16-rc4 2.6.16-rc4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.17-rc1 2.6.17-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.17-rc2 2.6.17-rc2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16 2.6.16.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.15.2 2.6.15.2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.10 2.6.16.10.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.15.4 2.6.15.4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.17 2.6.16.17.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.12 2.6.16.12.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.2 2.6.16.2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.15 2.6.15.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16-rc3 2.6.16-rc3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.7 2.6.16.7.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.17-rc4 2.6.17-rc4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.5 2.6.16.5.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.15.5 2.6.15.5.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16-rc2 2.6.16-rc2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.17-rc5 2.6.17-rc5.x