What is CVE-2006-6057?

CVE-2006-6057 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10. CVE-2006-6057 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-6057?

CVE-2006-6057 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2006-6057?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2006-6057 patch availability.

Is CVE-2006-6057 actively exploited?

CVE-2006-6057 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2006-6057

Medium

The Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, on Fedora Core 6 and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed gfs2 file stream that triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the init_journal function.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2006-11-22

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.9

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

References

6 total

Projects
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-15-11-2006.html

Exploit Vendor Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22886
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24098
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1
Vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4556

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2006-6057

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2006-11-22

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2006-6057?

CVE-2006-6057 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 . CVE-2006-6057 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-6057?

CVE-2006-6057 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2006-6057?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2006-6057 patch availability.
Is CVE-2006-6057 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2006-6057 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.