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title: "CVE-2006-0741\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-0741

Publication date 7 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

Linux kernel before 2.6.15.5, when running on Intel processors, allows
local users to cause a denial of service ("endless recursive fault") via
unknown attack vectors related to a "bad elf entry address."

## 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-2006-0741)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0741)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-0741)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-0741)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-263-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-263-1)
+ Linux kernel vulnerabilities
+ 13 March 2006

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0741>