CVE-2006-6057

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30307

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2006-6040

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4556

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/24098

http://secunia.com/advisories/22886

http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-15-11-2006.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

EPSS