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CVE-2006-6535

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
30/01/2007
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

The dev_queue_xmit function in Linux kernel 2.6 can fail before calling the local_bh_disable function, which could lead to data corruption and "node lockups." NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is exploitable.

Impact

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

Base Score: 9.40 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0
9.40
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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


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