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CVE-2006-2446

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
15/08/2006
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

Race condition between the kfree_skb and __skb_unlink functions in the socket buffer handling in Linux kernel 2.6.9, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated using the TCP stress tests from the LTP test suite.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
5.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.9:2.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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