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medium 4.9

CVE-2006-2932 json

A regression error in the restore_all code path of the 4/4GB split support for non-hugemem Linux kernels on Red Hat Linux Desktop and Enter…

published 2006-08-23 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-2929

cvss
4.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A regression error in the restore_all code path of the 4/4GB split support for non-hugemem Linux kernels on Red Hat Linux Desktop and Enterprise Linux 4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 2.6.10
  • kernel RHEL 4 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
  • kernel-smp RHEL 4 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
  • kernel-hugemem RHEL 4 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
  • kernel-largesmp RHEL 4 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0617

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-2932 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 kernel 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 kernel 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0617

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Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

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