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CVE-2006-1856

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2006-05-19 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Certain modifications to the Linux kernel 2.6.16 and earlier do not add the appropriate Linux Security Modules (LSM) file_permission hooks to the (1) readv and (2) writev functions, which might allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References