CVE-2006-6057

CVE-2006-6057 affects the Linux kernel (2.6.x up to 2.6.18) and possibly other OSes, notably Fedora Core 6, with a vulnerability in the GFS2 file system driver. The issue is triggered by a malformed gfs2 file stream that leads to a NULL pointer dereference in the init_journal function, causing a ...

CVE-2006-6057: Undefined Security Weakness

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 initjournal function...