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CVE-2006-1855

choose_new_parent in Linux kernel before 2.6.11.12 includes certain debugging code, which allows...

2.1 Low

choose_new_parent in Linux kernel before 2.6.11.12 includes certain debugging code, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by causing certain circumstances involving termination of a parent process.

Exploit likelihood

0.42%Down 1.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 2.1

choose_new_parent in Linux kernel before 2.6.11.12 includes certain debugging code, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by causing certain circumstances involving termination of a parent process.

Record
CVE-2006-1855
CVSS 2.0
2.1 LowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

choose_new_parent in Linux kernel before 2.6.11.12 includes certain debugging code, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by causing certain circumstances involving termination of a parent process.

Record
CVE-2006-1855
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-1855 No score

choose_new_parent in Linux kernel before 2.6.11.12 includes certain debugging code, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by causing certain circumstances involving termination of a parent process.

Record
EUVD-2006-1855
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pfjh-pm9f-fp65 No score

choose_new_parent in Linux kernel before 2.6.11.12 includes certain debugging code, which allows...

choose_new_parent in Linux kernel before 2.6.11.12 includes certain debugging code, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by causing certain circumstances involving termination of a parent process.

Record
GHSA-pfjh-pm9f-fp65
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel-source-2.6.8
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 16 CVEs
 before 2.6.8-16sarge5, plus listed versions
2.6.8-162.6.8-16sarge12.6.8-16sarge22.6.8-16sarge32.6.8-16sarge4
2.6.8-16sarge5
fai-kernels
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 16 CVEs
 before 1.9.1sarge4, plus listed versions
1.9.11.9.1sarge11.9.1sarge21.9.1sarge3
1.9.1sarge4
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2006-1855 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.1) in Linux Kernel, published May 18, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.42%, the 36th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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