fkie_cve-2006-6304
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2006-12-14 20:28
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
The do_coredump function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.19 sets the flag variable to O_EXCL but does not use it, which allows context-dependent attackers to modify arbitrary files via a rewrite attack during a core dump.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.19 |
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