Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

9 Linux Kernel CVEs in April 2006

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In April 2006, 9 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 1 was rated High severity and 5 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. April's 9 CVEs represent 11% of all 2006 Linux kernel CVEs , down from March's 10 (a 10% month-over-month decrease) .

9
Total CVEs
0
Critical
1
High
5
Medium
3
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — April 2006 9 CVEs
All (9) Critical (0) High (1) Medium (5) Low (3)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2006-1523 linux High 10.0 2006-04-12 The __group_complete_signal function in the RCU signal handling (signal.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.16, and possibly other v…
CVE-2006-1525 linux Medium 4.9 2006-04-19 ip_route_input in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.16.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a reques…
CVE-2006-0744 linux Medium 4.9 2006-04-18 Linux kernel before 2.6.16.5 does not properly handle uncanonical return addresses on Intel EM64T CPUs, which reports a…
CVE-2006-0558 linux Medium 4.9 2006-04-14 perfmon (perfmon.c) in Linux kernel on IA64 architectures allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by in…
CVE-2006-1522 linux Medium 4.9 2006-04-10 The sys_add_key function in the keyring code in Linux kernel 2.6.16.1 and 2.6.17-rc1, and possibly earlier versions, al…
CVE-2006-1055 linux Medium 4.9 2006-04-05 The fill_write_buffer function in sysfs/file.c in Linux kernel 2.6.12 up to versions before 2.6.17-rc1 does not zero te…
CVE-2006-1524 linux Low 3.6 2006-04-19 madvise_remove in Linux kernel 2.6.16 up to 2.6.16.6 does not follow file and mmap restrictions, which allows local use…
CVE-2006-2071 linux Low 2.1 2006-04-27 Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x up to 2.6.16 allows local users to bypass IPC permissions and modify a readonly attachment…
CVE-2006-1056 linux Low 2.1 2006-04-20 The Linux kernel before 2.6.16.9 and the FreeBSD kernel, when running on AMD64 and other 7th and 8th generation Authent…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in April 2006?

9 Linux kernel CVEs were published in April 2006, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 1 High, and 5 Medium.

How does April 2006 compare to other months?

April 2006's 9 CVEs represent 11% of all 2006 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to March's 10 CVEs, this was a 10% decrease month-over-month. View the full 2006 breakdown →

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