CVE-2006-2446

Publication date 15 August 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Race condition between the kfree_skb and __skb_unlink functions in the socket buffer handling in Linux kernel 2.6.9, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), as demonstrated using the TCP stress tests from the LTP test suite.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux-source-2.6.15 7.04 feisty Not in release
6.10 edgy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected
linux-source-2.6.17 7.04 feisty Not in release
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release