CVE-2006-0557

MediumCVSS 4.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

sys_mbind in mempolicy.c in Linux kernel 2.6.16 and earlier does not sanity check the maxnod variable before making certain computations for the get_nodes function, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.9/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Mar 12, 2006
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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