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CVE-2006-4342

The kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, when running on SMP systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by running the shmat function on an shm at the same time that shmctl is removing that shm (IPC_RMID), which prevents a spinlock from being unlocked.

  • Published: Oct 17, 2006
  • Updated: May 9, 2024
  • CVE: CVE-2006-4342
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.5
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

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

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
redhat / enterprise_linux 3.0 3.0.x