CVE-2006-6058
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (43th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6041)
- Published
- November 22, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6041 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
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References
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24
- http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-17-11-2006.html(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23034(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26379(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27528(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27614(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27703(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28141(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28170(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28654(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28706(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28971(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29058(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-404.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1436
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:226
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:232
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:008
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_59_kernel.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0672.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-558-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4613(Vendor Advisory)
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1929
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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