Bug 1618225 (CVE-2006-5754) - CVE-2006-5754 security flaw
Summary: CVE-2006-5754 security flaw
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: CVE-2006-5754
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2018-08-16 12:42 UTC by Stephen Herr
Modified: 2021-06-01 13:51 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-08-16 12:42:54 UTC
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Description Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 12:42:48 UTC 
Flaw bug created to hold information about an old flaw we knew something about. For more details see the MITRE CVE description.
Comment 1 Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 16:51:05 UTC 
MITRE description:

The aio_setup_ring function in Linux kernel does not properly initialize a variable, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an unspecified error path that causes an incorrect free operation.
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