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CVE-2006-0558

perfmon (perfmon.c) in Linux kernel on IA64 architectures allows local users to cause a denial of...

4.9 MediumFix available

CVE-2006-0558 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Linux Kernel, published April 14, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.42%, the 36th percentile. Fixed in kernel-source-2.6.8 2.6.8-16sarge3.

perfmon (perfmon.c) in Linux kernel on IA64 architectures allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by interrupting a task while another process is accessing the mm_struct, which triggers a BUG_ON action in the put_page_testzero function.

Exploit likelihood

0.42%Down 0.9 points since Feb 4, 2022
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What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.9

perfmon (perfmon.c) in Linux kernel on IA64 architectures allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by interrupting a task while another process is accessing the mm_struct, which triggers a BUG_ON action in the put_page_testzero function.

Record
CVE-2006-0558
CVSS 2.0
4.9 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

perfmon (perfmon.c) in Linux kernel on IA64 architectures allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by interrupting a task while another process is accessing the mm_struct, which triggers a BUG_ON action in the put_page_testzero function.

Record
CVE-2006-0558
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-0565 No score

perfmon (perfmon.c) in Linux kernel on IA64 architectures allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by interrupting a task while another process is accessing the mm_struct, which triggers a BUG_ON action in the put_page_testzero function.

Record
EUVD-2006-0565
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8w7f-mj6p-q97m No score

perfmon (perfmon.c) in Linux kernel on IA64 architectures allows local users to cause a denial of...

perfmon (perfmon.c) in Linux kernel on IA64 architectures allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by interrupting a task while another process is accessing the mm_struct, which triggers a BUG_ON action in the put_page_testzero function.

Record
GHSA-8w7f-mj6p-q97m
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2006-0558 4.9

CVE-2006-0558 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2006-0558
CVSS 2.0
4.9 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel-source-2.6.8
Debian:3.1
 before 2.6.8-16sarge3, plus listed versions
2.6.8-162.6.8-16sarge12.6.8-16sarge2
2.6.8-16sarge3
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-xenU
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-xenU-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-xenU
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-xenU-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-xenU
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-xenU-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-xenU
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
kernel-xenU-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL
0:2.6.9-55.0.6.EL

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03aliasesEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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