{"cve":"CVE-2006-1524","nvd":{"published":"2006-04-19T18:18:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:23:07.443","status":"Modified","description":"madvise_remove in Linux kernel 2.6.16 up to 2.6.16.6 does not follow file and mmap restrictions, which allows local users to bypass IPC permissions and replace portions of readonly tmpfs files with zeroes, aka the MADV_REMOVE vulnerability.  NOTE: this description was originally written in a way that combined two separate issues.  The mprotect issue now has a separate name, CVE-2006-2071.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.6","http://lwn.net/Alerts/180820/","http://secunia.com/advisories/19657","http://secunia.com/advisories/19664","http://secunia.com/advisories/19735"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:42:01.759833969+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-1524","score":0.00436,"percentile":0.37937,"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."]}