The ftdi_sio driver (usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.17, and possibly later versions, allows local users to cause a…

Description

The ftdi_sio driver (usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.17, and possibly later versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by writing more data to the serial port than the hardware can handle, which causes the data to be queued.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.0% · top 13% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (30)

• http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/patches.git%3Ba=blob%3Bh=4b4d9cfea17618b80d3ac785b701faeaf60141f1%3Bhb=396eb2aac550ec55856c6843ef9017e800c3d656 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20703 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-331-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 21934 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• linux-ftdi-sio-dos(27807) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 19033 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 27119 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• ADV-2006-2841 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0617 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 21298 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21057 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21605 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=197610 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:150 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2007:021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:151 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 25226 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21614 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 25683 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 22174 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10265 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• USN-346-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2007:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 24547 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-203.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2007:030 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2007:035 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 22093 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20060717 rPSA-2006-0130-1 kernel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• DSA-1184 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2006-2936](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2006-2936.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2006-2936)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 18:06 UTC.