CVE-2006-7229 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the system via network traffic floods due to improper locking in the skge driver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-7229?
CVE-2006-7229 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Nov 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-7229?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ubuntu Linux Kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2006-7229?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-7229 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2006-7229 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-7229 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c96x-hvmf-4pcg.