CVE-2006-2932

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 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: 2006-08-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

A regression error in the restore_all code path of the 4/4GB split support for non-hugemem Linux kernels on Red Hat Linux Desktop and Enterprise Linux 4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Linux kernel: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21605
http://secunia.com/advisories/22174
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-203.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/28120
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0617.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19664
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11410
http://secunia.com/advisories/21605
http://secunia.com/advisories/22174
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-203.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/28120
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0617.html

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