Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2006-2448
Linux kernel before 2.6.16.21 and 2.6.17, when running on PowerPC, does not perform certain required access_ok checks, which allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory on 64-bit systems (signal_64.c) and cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly read kernel memory on 32-bit systems (signal_32.c).
EPSS: 0.004 (29.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_TRUSTIX)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)