Linux kernel 2.6.x, when using both NFS and EXT3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file system panic) via a crafted…

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.x, when using both NFS and EXT3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file system panic) via a crafted UDP packet with a V2 lookup procedure that specifies a bad file handle (inode number), which triggers an error and causes an exported directory to be remounted read-only.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

16.0% · top 3.1% 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

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (24)

• 21934 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9809 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 21847 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0617 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 21605 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:150 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/17/41 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:151 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 21614 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2006:064 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 21369 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 19396 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 22174 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 22822 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 22148 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-346-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2006:021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2006:022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-203.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 2006-0046 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
• 22093 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1184 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2006:057 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199172 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 18:30 UTC.