CVE-2006-2446

CVE-2006-2446 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:H/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Race condition between the kfree_skb and __skb_unlink functions in the socket buffer handling in Linux kernel 2.6.9, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated using the TCP stress tests from the LTP test suite.

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