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CVE-2006-0038

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.9 Published: 2006-03-22 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in the do_replace function in netfilter for Linux before 2.6.16-rc3, when using "virtualization solutions" such as OpenVZ, allows local users with CAP_NET_ADMIN rights to cause a buffer overflow in the copy_from_user function.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-189

References