CVE-2006-5751

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-12-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in the get_fdb_entries function in net/bridge/br_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.18.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a large maxnum value in an ioctl request.

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 (+184)

References

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.18.4
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-29-11-2006.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23073
http://secunia.com/advisories/23252
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

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