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CVE-2006-2936

The ftdi_sio driver (usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.17, and possibly...

7.8 High

The ftdi_sio driver (usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.17, and possibly later versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by writing more data to the serial port than the hardware can handle, which causes the data to be queued.

Exploit likelihood

2.96%Up 0.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

The ftdi_sio driver (usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.17, and possibly later versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by writing more data to the serial port than the hardware can handle, which causes the data to be queued.

Record
CVE-2006-2936
CVSS 2.0
7.8 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness
CWE-399
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The ftdi_sio driver (usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.17, and possibly later versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by writing more data to the serial port than the hardware can handle, which causes the data to be queued.

Record
CVE-2006-2936
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-2933 No score

The ftdi_sio driver (usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.17, and possibly later versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by writing more data to the serial port than the hardware can handle, which causes the data to be queued.

Record
EUVD-2006-2933
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7j5x-6mmj-r8rh No score

The ftdi_sio driver (usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.17, and possibly...

The ftdi_sio driver (usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.17, and possibly later versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by writing more data to the serial port than the hardware can handle, which causes the data to be queued.

Record
GHSA-7j5x-6mmj-r8rh
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 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL

History

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

In short

CVE-2006-2936 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Linux Kernel, published July 10, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.96%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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