Description
The Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, on Fedora Core 6 and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed gfs2 file stream that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the init_journal function.
Published: 2006-11-22
Score: 4.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-6040 The Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, on Fedora Core 6 and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed gfs2 file stream that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the init_journal function.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-416-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.00061}

epss

{'score': 0.00064}


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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:12:31.511Z

Reserved: 2006-11-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-6057

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-11-22T01:07:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-6057

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