CVE-2006-5871: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

smbfs in Linux kernel 2.6.8 and other versions, and 2.4.x before 2.4.34, when UNIX extensions are enabled, ignores certain mount options, which could cause clients to use server-specified uid, gid and mode settings.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.4.33 only; version 2.6.8 only

Published 2006-12-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.