The minix filesystem code in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.24, including 2.6.18, allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang)…

Description

The minix filesystem code in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.24, including 2.6.18, allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang) via a malformed minix file stream that triggers an infinite loop in the minix_bmap function. NOTE: this issue might be due to an integer overflow or signedness error.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.50% · top 57% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (27)

• http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-17-11-2006.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1929 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-1436 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 27703 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28141 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28706 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 27528 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 26379 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:226 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:112 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• DSA-1504 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2007:059 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 28654 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 23034 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2007:0672 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2006-4613 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• USN-558-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-574-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 29058 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 28971 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28170 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:232 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 27614 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-578-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-404.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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.