Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18 and possibly other versions, when SELinux hooks are enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of…

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18 and possibly other versions, when SELinux hooks are enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed file stream that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the superblock_doinit function, as demonstrated using an HFS filesystem image.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.56% · top 54% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (20)

• 24098 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2006:079 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:078 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• RHSA-2007:0014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 24777 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9949 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-416-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 22887 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 24206 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 23474 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 23997 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20070615 rPSA-2007-0124-1 kernel xen (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-14-11-2006.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 24482 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• linux-superblockdoinit-dos(30278) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• DSA-1304 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 25714 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 25691 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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, 20:12 UTC.