CVE-2006-2629

Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6.15 to 2.6.17, when running on SMP platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating and exiting a large number of tasks, then accessing the /proc entry of a task that is exiting, which causes memory corruption that leads to a failure in the prune_dcache function or a BUG_ON error in include/linux/list.h.

CVSS v2.0

4.0 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS

0.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 49th percentile

Published

2006-05-27

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27925

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2006-2608
• CVE-2006-2630
• CVE-2006-2589
• CVE-2006-2631
• CVE-2006-2587
• CVE-2006-2635