CVE-2006-6304

CVE-2006-6304 · HIGH Severity

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

The do_coredump function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.19 sets the flag variable to O_EXCL but does not use it, which allows context-dependent attackers to modify arbitrary files via a rewrite attack during a core dump.

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