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CVE-2006-7229

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-11-15 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The skge driver 1.5 in Linux kernel 2.6.15 on Ubuntu does not properly use the spin_lock and spin_unlock functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via a flood of network traffic.

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux Kernel: 2.6.15

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/28971
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26511
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/65631
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28971
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26511
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/65631

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