CVE-2006-0482

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 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: 2006-01-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.15.1 and earlier, when running on SPARC architectures, allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang) via a "date -s" command, which causes invalid sign extended arguments to be provided to the get_compat_timespec function call.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.0, 2.6.0-test1, 2.6.0-test10, 2.6.0-test11, 2.6.0-test2, 2.6.0-test3 (+80)

References

http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2006/01/msg00129.html
http://marc.info/?l=linux-sparc&m=113861010514065&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-sparc&m=113861287813463&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17216
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0418
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24475
http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2006/01/msg00129.html
http://marc.info/?l=linux-sparc&m=113861010514065&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-sparc&m=113861287813463&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374

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