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

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-0557
NVD Published Date:
03/12/2006
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
Silicon Graphics (SGI)