CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-5753

7.2 HIGH Published 2007-01-30 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2007-01-30
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the listxattr system call in Linux kernel, when a "bad inode" is present, allows local users to cause a denial of service (data corruption) and possibly gain privileges via unknown vectors.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel 2.6.20.1 • redhat enterprise linux 4.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 4.0

References