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.
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DSA-1304-1 | New Linux kernel 2.6.8 packages fix several vulnerabilities |
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EUVD-2006-6039 | 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. |
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USN-416-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T20:12:31.454Z
Reserved: 2006-11-21T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2006-6056

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2006-11-22T01:07:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2006-6056


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