CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-3626

6.2 MEDIUM Published 2006-07-18 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2006-07-18
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.2 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6.17.4 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by using prctl with PR_SET_DUMPABLE in a way that causes /proc/self/environ to become setuid root.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel 2.6.16 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.1 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.2 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.3 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.4 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.5 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.6 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.7 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.8 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.9 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.10 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.11 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.12 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.13 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.14 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.15 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.16 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.17 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.18 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.19 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.20 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.21 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.22 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.23 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.24 • linux linux kernel 2.6.17 • linux linux kernel 2.6.17.1 • linux linux kernel 2.6.17.2 • linux linux kernel 2.6.17.3 • linux linux kernel 2.6.17.4

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