01 Record
CVE-2006-2448
Linux kernel before 2.6.16.21 and 2.6.17, when running on PowerPC, does not perform certain required access_ok checks, which allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory on 64-bit systems
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Linux kernel before 2.6.16.21 and 2.6.17, when running on PowerPC, does not perform certain required access_ok checks, which allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory on 64-bit systems
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 30.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-06-23 10:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 17:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-05-18
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 094bdbe743b8dafc45b58a16f99c05fa80e2878c98b0208dbaccc9798f643222
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com20703http://secunia.com/advisories/20703
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-2451http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2451
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2006:042http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
- www.securityfocus.com20060623 rPSA-2006-0110-1 kernelhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438168/100/0/threaded
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2006:047http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_47_kernel.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10040https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10040
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c85d1f9d358b24c5b05c3a2783a78423775a080
- www.trustix.org2006-0037http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0037
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2006:0575http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=194215
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-311-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-311-1
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.21
- secunia.com21465http://secunia.com/advisories/21465
- secunia.com20831http://secunia.com/advisories/20831
- secunia.com21498http://secunia.com/advisories/21498
- www.securityfocus.com18616http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18616
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm
- secunia.com22417http://secunia.com/advisories/22417
- secunia.com20991http://secunia.com/advisories/20991
- secunia.com21179http://secunia.com/advisories/21179