CVE-2006-1856

CVE-2006-1856 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Certain modifications to the Linux kernel 2.6.16 and earlier do not add the appropriate Linux Security Modules (LSM) file_permission hooks to the (1) readv and (2) writev functions, which might allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

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