{"cve":"CVE-2006-1522","nvd":{"published":"2006-04-10T20:02:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:23:07.190","status":"Modified","description":"The sys_add_key function in the keyring code in Linux kernel 2.6.16.1 and 2.6.17-rc1, and possibly earlier versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via keyctl requests that add a key to a user key instead of a keyring key, which causes an invalid dereference in the __keyring_search_one function.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.3","http://lwn.net/Alerts/180820/","http://secunia.com/advisories/19573","http://secunia.com/advisories/19735","http://secunia.com/advisories/20157"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:42:01.759833969+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-1522","score":0.00448,"percentile":0.38983,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}