{"cve":"CVE-2006-5174","nvd":{"published":"2006-10-10T04:06:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:30:38.700","status":"Modified","description":"The copy_from_user function in the uaccess code in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.19-rc1, when running on s390, does not properly clear a kernel buffer, which allows local user space programs to read portions of kernel memory by \"appending to a file from a bad address,\" which triggers a fault that prevents the unused memory from being cleared in the kernel buffer.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/11/5/46","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/22289","http://secunia.com/advisories/22497","http://secunia.com/advisories/23064"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:43:14.363260067+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-5174","score":0.00429,"percentile":0.37196,"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."]}