CVE-2006-2271

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-05-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The ECNE chunk handling in Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via an unexpected chunk when the session is in CLOSED state.

Affected products

Lksctp: 2.6.0_test1_0.7.2, 2.6.0_test4_0.7.3, 2.6.2_0.9.0, 2.6.3_1.0.0, 2.6.6_1.0.1, 2.6.10_1.0.2 (+4)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0227.html
http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=35d63edb1c807bc5317e49592260e84637bc432e
http://labs.musecurity.com/advisories/MU-200605-01.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/19990
http://secunia.com/advisories/20157
http://secunia.com/advisories/20237
http://secunia.com/advisories/20398
http://secunia.com/advisories/20671
http://secunia.com/advisories/20716
http://secunia.com/advisories/20914
http://secunia.com/advisories/21476
http://secunia.com/advisories/21745

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