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CVE-2006-0557 Detail

Current Description

sys_mbind in mempolicy.c in Linux kernel 2.6.16 and earlier does not sanity check the maxnod variable before making certain computations for the get_nodes function, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/2/27/355 CVE, Silicon Graphics (SGI)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0304.html CVE, Silicon Graphics (SGI)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19955 CVE, Silicon Graphics (SGI)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20398 CVE, Silicon Graphics (SGI)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20914 CVE, Silicon Graphics (SGI)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015752 CVE, Silicon Graphics (SGI)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103 CVE, Silicon Graphics (SGI)
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=636f13c174dd7c84a437d3c3e8fa66f03f7fda63 CVE, Silicon Graphics (SGI)
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=636f13c174dd7c84a437d3c3e8fa66f03f7fda63 CVE, Silicon Graphics (SGI)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:059 CVE, Silicon Graphics (SGI)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html CVE, Silicon Graphics (SGI)
http://www.osvdb.org/23895 CVE, Silicon Graphics (SGI)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16924 CVE, Silicon Graphics (SGI)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554 CVE, Silicon Graphics (SGI)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=184510 CVE, Silicon Graphics (SGI)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25204 CVE, Silicon Graphics (SGI)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9674 CVE, Silicon Graphics (SGI)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/ CVE, Silicon Graphics (SGI)

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-0557
NVD Published Date:
03/12/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Silicon Graphics (SGI)