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CVE-2006-5753

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2007-01-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the listxattr system call in Linux kernel, when a "bad inode" is present, allows local users to cause a denial of service (data corruption) and possibly gain privileges via unknown vectors.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 2.6.20.1
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 4.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 4.0

References

• http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2739
• http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2740
• http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/3/150
• http://osvdb.org/33020
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23955
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23997
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24098
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24100
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24206
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24400
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24429
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24482

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