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CVE-2006-6056

Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18 and possibly other versions, when SELinux hooks are enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malf…

Impact

Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18 and possibly other versions, when SELinux hooks are enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed file stream that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the superblock_doinit function, as demonstrated using an HFS filesystem image.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
Versions 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5

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