CVE-2006-0558

N/A Unknown
Published: April 14, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

perfmon (perfmon.c) in Linux kernel on IA64 architectures allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by interrupting a task while another process is accessing the mm_struct, which triggers a BUG_ON action in the put_page_testzero function.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=linux-ia64&m=113882384921688
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://secunia.com/advisories/19737
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://secunia.com/advisories/20914
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://secunia.com/advisories/26709
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0774.html
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17482
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1444
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=185082
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10177
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://marc.info/?l=linux-ia64&m=113882384921688
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/19737
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/20914
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/26709
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0774.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17482
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1444
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=185082
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10177
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.0%
15th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

linux