CVE-2006-0457 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2006-0457?

CVE-2006-0457 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 14 Mar 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Race condition in the (1) add_key, (2) request_key, and (3) keyctl functions in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read sensitive kernel memory by modifying the length of a string argument between the time that the kernel calculates the length and when it copies the data into kernel memory.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0457?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2006-0457?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2006-0457 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0457 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-gj7x-c3fw-wmwv.