CVE-2006-1862

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-1862
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-05-24 17:06:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe virtual memory implementation in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by running lsof a large number of times in a way that produces a heavy system load.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS: 0.001050000 probability, percentile 0.284680000 (date 2026-04-20)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.9 2.6.20 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
189260 – CVE-2006-1862 The lsof command triggers a kernel oops under heavy load af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
189031 – lsof crashes system af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
osvdb.org/31663 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Red Hat update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
ASA-2006-161 (RHSA-2006-0493) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Avaya Products Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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