CVE-2006-0035: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The netlink_rcv_skb function in af_netlink.c in Linux kernel 2.6.14 and 2.6.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a nlmsg_len field of 0.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.6.14 only; version 2.6.15 only

Published 2006-01-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.