CVE-2006-5648: Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Ubuntu Linux 6.10 for the PowerPC (PPC) allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by using the (1) sys_get_robust_list and (2) sys_set_robust_list functions to create processes that cannot be killed.

Affected products

• Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux: version 6.10 only

Published 2006-12-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.