CVE-2006-4814

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-12-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The mincore function in the Linux kernel before 2.4.33.6 does not properly lock access to user space, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors, possibly related to a deadlock.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.4.33.5; 2.4.0, 2.4.0-test1, 2.4.0-test10, 2.4.0-test11, 2.4.0-test12, 2.4.0-test2 (+76)

References

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23436
http://secunia.com/advisories/23609
http://secunia.com/advisories/23997
http://secunia.com/advisories/24098
http://secunia.com/advisories/24100
http://secunia.com/advisories/24206
http://secunia.com/advisories/24482
http://secunia.com/advisories/25691
http://secunia.com/advisories/25714
http://secunia.com/advisories/29058

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