CVE-2006-0039

MediumCVSS 4.7/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Race condition in the do_add_counters function in netfilter for Linux kernel 2.6.16 allows local users with CAP_NET_ADMIN capabilities to read kernel memory by triggering the race condition in a way that produces a size value that is inconsistent with allocated memory, which leads to a buffer over-read in IPT_ENTRY_ITERATE.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.7/10AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: May 19, 2006
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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