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Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the listxattr system call in Linux kernel, when a "bad inode" is present, allows local users to cause a denial of service (data corruption) and possibly gain privileges via unknown vectors.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 is not vulnerable to this issue as it only affects x86_64 architectures.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch at release.
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CVE-2006-5753 kernel listxattr syscall can corrupt user space programs
Unspecified vulnerability in the listxattr system call in Linux kernel, when a "bad inode" is present, allows local users to cause a denial of service (data corruption) and possibly gain privileges via unknown vectors.
Unspecified vulnerability in the listxattr system call in Linux kernel, when a "bad inode" is present, allows local users to cause a denial of service (data corruption) and possibly gain privileges via unknown vectors.
CVE-2006-5753 kernel listxattr syscall can corrupt user space programs
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