CVE-2005-4886

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-02-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

The selinux_parse_skb_ipv6 function in security/selinux/hooks.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12-rc4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via vectors associated with an incorrect call to the ipv6_skip_exthdr function.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.6.12; 2.6.0, 2.6.0-test1, 2.6.0-test10, 2.6.0-test11, 2.6.0-test2, 2.6.0-test3 (+61)

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d3d077cd4f1154e63a9858e47fe3fb1ad0c03e5
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.12/ChangeLog-2.6.12-rc4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/22/3
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=160117
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56614
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d3d077cd4f1154e63a9858e47fe3fb1ad0c03e5
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.12/ChangeLog-2.6.12-rc4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/22/3
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=160117
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56614

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