CVE-2006-2272

Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel...

7.8 High

Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via incoming IP fragmented (1) COOKIE_ECHO and (2) HEARTBEAT SCTP control chunks.

Exploit likelihood

4.44%Up 0.1 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via incoming IP fragmented (1) COOKIE_ECHO and (2) HEARTBEAT SCTP control chunks.

Record: CVE-2006-2272
CVSS 2.0: 7.8 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via incoming IP fragmented (1) COOKIE_ECHO and (2) HEARTBEAT SCTP control chunks.

Record: CVE-2006-2272
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2006-2273 No score

Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via incoming IP fragmented (1) COOKIE_ECHO and (2) HEARTBEAT SCTP control chunks.

Record: EUVD-2006-2273
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3h88-phwh-c45g No score

Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel...

Linux SCTP (lksctp) before 2.6.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via incoming IP fragmented (1) COOKIE_ECHO and (2) HEARTBEAT SCTP control chunks.

Record: GHSA-3h88-phwh-c45g
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVBELL-CVE-2006-2272 7.8

CVE-2006-2272 does not affect BellSoft software

Record: BELL-CVE-2006-2272
CVSS 2.0: 7.8 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

lksctp stream control transmission protocol

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`kernel-source-2.4.27` Debian:3.1 From an advisory covering 16 CVEs	before 2.4.27-10sarge3, plus listed versions 2.4.27-102.4.27-10sarge12.4.27-10sarge2	2.4.27-10sarge3
`kernel-source-2.6.8` Debian:3.1 From an advisory covering 24 CVEs	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 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
Package	Affected	Fixed
`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
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2006-2272 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Lksctp Stream Control Transmission Protocol, published May 9, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.44%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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