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CVE-2006-2629 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=114860432801543&w=2 CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20349 CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26746 CVE
http://www.osvdb.org/25847 CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18183 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
2.6.15
2.6.15.1
2.6.15.2
2.6.15.3
2.6.15.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.15.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.15.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.15.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.15.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-2629
NVD Published Date:
May 27, 2006
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2006-2629 Details - Not Deferred