CVE-2006-1855

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: 2006-05-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

choose_new_parent in Linux kernel before 2.6.11.12 includes certain debugging code, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by causing certain circumstances involving termination of a parent process.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.11.1, 2.6.11.2, 2.6.11.3, 2.6.11.4, 2.6.11.5, 2.6.11.6 (+5)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20237
http://secunia.com/advisories/20716
http://secunia.com/advisories/21179
http://secunia.com/advisories/21745
http://secunia.com/advisories/22093
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18099
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=127302

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