National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-6535

Overview

The dev_queue_xmit function in Linux kernel 2.6 can fail before calling the local_bh_disable function, which could lead to data corruption and "node lockups." NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue is exploitable.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11679

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11679

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/gnupatch@4186e5bfgUOMBbA6xFaY0_z84kaURw

Hyperlink:http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/gnupatch@4186e5bfgUOMBbA6xFaY0_z84kaURw

External Source: BID

Name: 22317

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22317

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2007:035

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1304

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25714

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25714

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25683

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25683

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24206

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24206

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23997

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23997

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2007:0014

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11679

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11679