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CVE-2006-0554

• Severity: low (CVSS 1.7 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: 2006-03-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.15.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted XFS ftruncate call, which may return stale data.

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 (+78)

References

• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15.5
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19083
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19220
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20398
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20914
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:059
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:150
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16921
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0804
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554

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