CVE-2006-5754 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2006-5754 at MITRE

Description

The aio_setup_ring function in Linux kernel does not properly initialize a variable, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an unspecified error path that causes an incorrect free operation.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4.9
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 231185 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SA:2007:035, published Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 05:16:27 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:50 2025