CVE-2006-0557 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2006-0557?

CVE-2006-0557 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 12 Mar 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

sys_mbind in mempolicy.c in Linux kernel 2.6.16 and earlier does not sanity check the maxnod variable before making certain computations for the get_nodes function, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0557?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2006-0557?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2006-0557 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0557 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-w6ch-m9v4-c8g9.