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CVE-2006-5755

Published: Dec 31, 2006 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
UNTRIAGED
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5755
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Linux kernel before 2.6.18, when running on x86_64 systems, does not properly save or restore EFLAGS during a context switch, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by causing SYSENTER to set an NT flag, which can trigger a crash on the IRET of the next task.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux * 2.6.17 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 *
Linux-source-2.6.15 Ubuntu dapper *
Linux-source-2.6.17 Ubuntu edgy *

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