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CVE-2006-5174

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5174 is a local information disclosure vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.19-rc1 on s390 architectures. It allows local user space programs to read portions of kernel memory due to the copy_from_user function failing to properly clear a kernel buffer after a fault. With a CVSS score of 2.1, this vulnerability has low severity, requiring local access and low attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test10:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test11:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: kernel-0:2.4.21-47.0.1.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-5174Important

security flaw

Sep 28, 2006

References

lkml.org / lkml/2006/11/5/46
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html
secunia.com / advisories/22289
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22497
secunia.com / advisories/23064
secunia.com / advisories/23370
secunia.com / advisories/23395
secunia.com / advisories/23474
secunia.com / advisories/23997
secunia.com / advisories/24206
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29378
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9885
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htm
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm
kernel.org / git
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.html
securityfocus.com / bid/20379
Patch
us.debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1233
us.debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1237
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3938