CVE-2006-5757: Linux Kernel

Low severity, CVSS 1.2. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Race condition in the __find_get_block_slow function in the ISO9660 filesystem in Linux 2.6.18 and possibly other versions allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by mounting a crafted ISO9660 filesystem containing malformed data structures.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.6.0 only; version 2.6.1 only; version 2.6.2 only; version 2.6.3 only; version 2.6.4 only; version 2.6.5 only; …

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