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title: "CVE-2006-0557\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-0557

Publication date 12 March 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

sys\_mbind in mempolicy.c in Linux kernel 2.6.16 and earlier does not sanity
check the maxnod variable before making certain computations for the
get\_nodes function, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0557)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0557)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-0557)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-0557)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-281-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-281-1)
+ Linux kernel vulnerabilities
+ 4 May 2006

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0557>