CVE-2006-2446

NameCVE-2006-2446
DescriptionRace 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1183-1, DSA-1184-2

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
fai-kernelssourcesarge1.9.1sarge4DSA-1184-2
kernel-source-2.4.27sourcesarge2.4.27-10sarge4DSA-1183-1
kernel-source-2.6.8sourcesarge2.6.8-16sarge5DSA-1184-2
linux-2.6source(unstable)2.6.16-1
systemimagersourcesarge3.2.3-6sarge3DSA-1183-1

Notes

I'm not sure at which point this was merged, but I checked 2.6.16 and the
patch is included there

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