CVE-2006-4538

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: 2006-09-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.17 and earlier, when running on IA64 or SPARC platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed ELF file that triggers memory maps that cross region boundaries.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.1-rc1, 2.6.1-rc2, 2.6.1-rc3, 2.6.2 (+147)

References

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.11
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/9/4/116
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/21967
http://secunia.com/advisories/21999
http://secunia.com/advisories/23370
http://secunia.com/advisories/23395
http://secunia.com/advisories/23474
http://secunia.com/advisories/23997
http://secunia.com/advisories/24206
http://secunia.com/advisories/24482
http://secunia.com/advisories/27913

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