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CVE-2006-6535

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6535 describes a potential data corruption and system lockup vulnerability in the Linux kernel 2.6's dev_queue_xmit function, affecting Linux kernel products. With a critical CVSS score of 9.4, it presents a network-exploitable threat with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete data integrity and availability compromise. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in the KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.4HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
9.2
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0262 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

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-2006-6535Moderate

security flaw

Dec 14, 2006

References

linux.bkbits.net / linux-2.6/gnupatch%404186e5bfgUOMBbA6xFaY0_z84kaURw
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html
secunia.com / advisories/23997
secunia.com / advisories/24206
secunia.com / advisories/25683
secunia.com / advisories/25714
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11679
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1304
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html
securityfocus.com / bid/22317