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CVE-2006-0039

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.7 Published: 2006-05-19 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Race condition in the do_add_counters function in netfilter for Linux kernel 2.6.16 allows local users with CAP_NET_ADMIN capabilities to read kernel memory by triggering the race condition in a way that produces a size value that is inconsistent with allocated memory, which leads to a buffer over-read in IPT_ENTRY_ITERATE.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-362

References