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CVE-2006-5757

Race condition in the __find_get_block_slow function in the ISO9660 filesystem in Linux 2.6.18...

1.2 LowPublic exploit

Race condition in the __find_get_block_slow function in the ISO9660 filesystem in Linux 2.6.18 and possibly other versions allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by mounting a crafted ISO9660 filesystem containing malformed data structures.

Exploit likelihood

0.80%Down 2.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 1.2

Race condition in the __find_get_block_slow function in the ISO9660 filesystem in Linux 2.6.18 and possibly other versions allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by mounting a crafted ISO9660 filesystem containing malformed data structures.

Record
CVE-2006-5757
CVSS 2.0
1.2 LowAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-17, CWE-399
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Race condition in the __find_get_block_slow function in the ISO9660 filesystem in Linux 2.6.18 and possibly other versions allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by mounting a crafted ISO9660 filesystem containing malformed data structures.

Record
CVE-2006-5757
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-5741 No score

Race condition in the __find_get_block_slow function in the ISO9660 filesystem in Linux 2.6.18 and possibly other versions allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by mounting a crafted ISO9660 filesystem containing malformed data structures.

Record
EUVD-2006-5741
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3643-w49m-fvvm No score

Race condition in the __find_get_block_slow function in the ISO9660 filesystem in Linux 2.6.18...

Race condition in the __find_get_block_slow function in the ISO9660 filesystem in Linux 2.6.18 and possibly other versions allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by mounting a crafted ISO9660 filesystem containing malformed data structures.

Record
GHSA-3643-w49m-fvvm
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel-source-2.6.8
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 2.6.8-16sarge7, plus listed versions
2.6.8-162.6.8-16sarge12.6.8-16sarge22.6.8-16sarge32.6.8-16sarge42.6.8-16sarge52.6.8-16sarge6
2.6.8-16sarge7
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBLinux Kernel 2.6.x - 'ISO9660' Denial of Service2006-11-05

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
affected
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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

In short

CVE-2006-5757 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 1.2) in Linux Kernel, published November 6, 2006. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.80%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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