CVE-2006-4814: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The mincore function in the Linux kernel before 2.4.33.6 does not properly lock access to user space, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors, possibly related to a deadlock.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 2.4.33.5; version 2.4.0 only; version 2.4.1 only; version 2.4.2 only; version 2.4.3 only; version 2.4.4 only; …

Published 2006-12-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.