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CVE-2006-0557

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.9 Published: 2006-03-12 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

sys_mbind in mempolicy.c in Linux kernel 2.6.16 and earlier does not sanity check the maxnod variable before making certain computations for the get_nodes function, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References