CVE-2006-1864: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Directory traversal vulnerability in smbfs in Linux 2.6.16 and earlier allows local users to escape chroot restrictions for an SMB-mounted filesystem via "..\\" sequences, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2006-1863.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.6.16 only; version 2.6.16.1 only; version 2.6.16.2 only; version 2.6.16.3 only; version 2.6.16.4 only; version 2.6.16.7 only; …

Published 2006-04-26. Last modified 2026-06-16.