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CVE-2006-4538

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.9 Published: 2006-09-05 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.17 and earlier, when running on IA64 or SPARC platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed ELF file that triggers memory maps that cross region boundaries.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References