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CVE-2006-0228

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2006-01-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The RBAC functionality in grsecurity before 2.1.8 does not properly handle when the admin role creates a service and then exits the shell without unauthenticating, which causes the service to be restarted with the admin role still active.

Affected products

• Grsecurity Kernel Patch: 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3 (+4)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/18458
• http://www.grsecurity.org/news.php#grsec218
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16261
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0199
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24156
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18458
• http://www.grsecurity.org/news.php#grsec218
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16261
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0199
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24156

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