--- title: "CVE-2006-2071\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-2071?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2006-2071 Publication date 27 April 2006 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x up to 2.6.16 allows local users to bypass IPC permissions and modify a readonly attachment of shared memory by using mprotect to give write permission to the attachment. NOTE: some original raw sources combined this issue with CVE-2006-1524, but they are different bugs. ## Status Show unmaintained releases --- * [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-2006-2071) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2071) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-2071) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-2071) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-302-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-302-1) + Linux kernel vulnerabilities + 15 June 2006 ### Other references *