CVE-2006-0035

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-01-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The netlink_rcv_skb function in af_netlink.c in Linux kernel 2.6.14 and 2.6.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a nlmsg_len field of 0.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.14, 2.6.15

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/18482
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/388
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ad8e4b75c8a7bed475d72ce09bf5267188621961
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16414
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0004
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0220
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24202
http://secunia.com/advisories/18482
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/388
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ad8e4b75c8a7bed475d72ce09bf5267188621961
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16414
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0004

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