CVE-2006-5754
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The aio_setup_ring function in Linux kernel does not properly initialize a variable, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an unspecified error path that causes an incorrect free operation.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5738)
- Published
- January 30, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5738 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23997(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24206(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25683
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25714
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22193
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11234
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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