CVE-2006-5619

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: 2006-10-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The seqfile handling (ip6fl_get_n function in ip6_flowlabel.c) in Linux kernel 2.6 up to 2.6.18-stable allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang or oops) via unspecified manipulations that trigger an infinite loop while searching for flowlabels.

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 (+203)

References

http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/11/5/46
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22665
http://secunia.com/advisories/22754
http://secunia.com/advisories/23370
http://secunia.com/advisories/23384
http://secunia.com/advisories/23474
http://secunia.com/advisories/23593
http://secunia.com/advisories/23752
http://secunia.com/advisories/23997
http://secunia.com/advisories/24206
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm

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