CVE-2006-6057

Publication date 22 November 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

The Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, on Fedora Core 6 and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed gfs2 file stream that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the init_journal function.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux-source-2.6.15 7.04 feisty Not in release
6.10 edgy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected
linux-source-2.6.17 7.04 feisty Not in release
6.10 edgy
Fixed 2.6.17.1-12.40
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-416-1
    • Linux kernel vulnerabilities
    • 10 February 2007

Other references