CVE-2006-1528 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can crash the Linux kernel via a specific SCSI generic driver transfer, requiring kernel upgrades to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-1528?
CVE-2006-1528 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 May 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Linux kernel before 2.6.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a dio transfer from the sg driver to memory mapped (mmap) IO space.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1528?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1528?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-1528 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1528 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7vq6-5x7x-4c64.