VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2006-5619

CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.43%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-10-31
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

The seqfile handling (ip6fl_get_n function in ip6_flowlabel.c) in Linux kernel 2.6 up to 2.6.18-stable allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang or oops) via unspecified manipulations that trigger an infinite loop while searching for flowlabels.

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