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CVE-2006-4813

Published: Oct 12, 2006 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4813
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

The __block_prepare_write function in fs/buffer.c for Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.13 does not properly clear buffers during certain error conditions, which allows local users to read portions of files that have been unlinked.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0 (including)2.6.0 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test1 (including)2.6.0-test1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test10 (including)2.6.0-test10 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test11 (including)2.6.0-test11 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test2 (including)2.6.0-test2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test3 (including)2.6.0-test3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test4 (including)2.6.0-test4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test5 (including)2.6.0-test5 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test6 (including)2.6.0-test6 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test7 (including)2.6.0-test7 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test8 (including)2.6.0-test8 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test9 (including)2.6.0-test9 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.1 (including)2.6.1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.1-rc1 (including)2.6.1-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.1-rc2 (including)2.6.1-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.1-rc3 (including)2.6.1-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.2 (including)2.6.2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.2-rc1 (including)2.6.2-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.2-rc2 (including)2.6.2-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.2-rc3 (including)2.6.2-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.3 (including)2.6.3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.3-rc1 (including)2.6.3-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.3-rc2 (including)2.6.3-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.3-rc3 (including)2.6.3-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.3-rc4 (including)2.6.3-rc4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.4 (including)2.6.4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.4-rc1 (including)2.6.4-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.4-rc2 (including)2.6.4-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.4-rc3 (including)2.6.4-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.5 (including)2.6.5 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.5-rc1 (including)2.6.5-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.5-rc2 (including)2.6.5-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.5-rc3 (including)2.6.5-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.6 (including)2.6.6 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.6-rc1 (including)2.6.6-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.6-rc2 (including)2.6.6-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.6-rc3 (including)2.6.6-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.7 (including)2.6.7 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.7-rc1 (including)2.6.7-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.7-rc2 (including)2.6.7-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.7-rc3 (including)2.6.7-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.8 (including)2.6.8 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.8-rc1 (including)2.6.8-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.8-rc2 (including)2.6.8-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.8-rc3 (including)2.6.8-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.8-rc4 (including)2.6.8-rc4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.8.1 (including)2.6.8.1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.8.1.5 (including)2.6.8.1.5 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.9 (including)2.6.9 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.9-2.6.20 (including)2.6.9-2.6.20 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.9-rc1 (including)2.6.9-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.9-rc2 (including)2.6.9-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.9-rc3 (including)2.6.9-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.9-rc4 (including)2.6.9-rc4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.10 (including)2.6.10 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.10-rc1 (including)2.6.10-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.10-rc2 (including)2.6.10-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.10-rc3 (including)2.6.10-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11 (including)2.6.11 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11-rc1 (including)2.6.11-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11-rc2 (including)2.6.11-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11-rc3 (including)2.6.11-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11-rc4 (including)2.6.11-rc4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11-rc5 (including)2.6.11-rc5 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11.1 (including)2.6.11.1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11.2 (including)2.6.11.2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11.3 (including)2.6.11.3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11.4 (including)2.6.11.4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11.5 (including)2.6.11.5 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11.6 (including)2.6.11.6 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11.7 (including)2.6.11.7 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11.8 (including)2.6.11.8 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11.9 (including)2.6.11.9 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11.10 (including)2.6.11.10 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11.11 (including)2.6.11.11 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11.12 (including)2.6.11.12 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.12 (including)2.6.12 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.12-rc1 (including)2.6.12-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.12-rc2 (including)2.6.12-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.12-rc3 (including)2.6.12-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.12-rc4 (including)2.6.12-rc4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.12-rc5 (including)2.6.12-rc5 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.12-rc6 (including)2.6.12-rc6 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.12.1 (including)2.6.12.1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.12.2 (including)2.6.12.2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.12.3 (including)2.6.12.3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.12.4 (including)2.6.12.4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.12.5 (including)2.6.12.5 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.12.6 (including)2.6.12.6 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6_test9_cvs (including)2.6_test9_cvs (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatkernel-0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL*

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