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CVE-2006-6056

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9 EPSS 0.53%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-11-22 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9. It affects Linux. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2006-6056
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.9
EPSS
0.53%
Linux

Original NVD Description

Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18 and possibly other versions, when SELinux hooks are enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed file stream that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the superblock_doinit function, as demonstrated using an HFS filesystem image.