The NTFS filesystem code in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed NTFS file stream that triggers an infinite loop in the __find_get_block_slow function.
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Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00045}

epss

{'score': 0.00047}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-11-22T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:12:31.512Z

Reserved: 2006-11-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-6060

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-11-22T01:07:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-6060

cve-icon Redhat

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