CVE-2006-0457

no score yetEPSS 2.7%

Race condition in the (1) add_key, (2) request_key, and (3) keyctl functions in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read sensitive kernel memory by modifying the length of a string argument between the time that the kernel calculates the length and when it copies the data into kernel memory.

EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 86% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2006-03-14
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

linux:linux_kernel

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/19220
http://secunia.com/advisories/20398
http://secunia.com/advisories/21465
http://secunia.com/advisories/22417
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm

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