Candidate: CVE-2006-0557
References: 
 http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=636f13c174dd7c84a437d3c3e8fa66f03f7fda63
 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16924
Description: 
 Local DoS in mempolicy code; certain maxnodes values cause a crash.
Notes: 
 Fixed in git on Feb 17, dunno about 2.6.15.x
 dannf> mempolicy.c doesn't exist in 2.4, marking N/A
Bugs: 
upstream: released (2.6.16-rc4)
linux-2.6: released (2.6.16-1)
2.6.8-sarge-security: released (2.6.8-16sarge3)
2.4.27-sarge-security: N/A
2.4.19-woody-security: N/A
2.4.18-woody-security: N/A
2.4.17-woody-security: N/A
2.4.16-woody-security: N/A
2.4.17-woody-security-hppa: N/A
2.4.17-woody-security-ia64: N/A