CVE-2006-5754

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: 2007-01-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The aio_setup_ring function in Linux kernel does not properly initialize a variable, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an unspecified error path that causes an incorrect free operation.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.6.11

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23997
http://secunia.com/advisories/24206
http://secunia.com/advisories/25683
http://secunia.com/advisories/25714
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22193
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11234
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html

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