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CVE-2006-2446

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.4 Published: 2006-08-15 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Race condition between the kfree_skb and __skb_unlink functions in the socket buffer handling in Linux kernel 2.6.9, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated using the TCP stress tests from the LTP test suite.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References