CVE-2006-5755
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 9, 2007
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 6, 2006
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 32485third-party-advisory
- 24098third-party-advisory
- http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=658fdbef66e5e9be79b457edc2cbbb3add840aa9
- RHSA-2008:0957vendor-advisory
- 26994third-party-advisory
- MDKSA-2007:171vendor-advisory
- USN-416-1vendor-advisory
- 26060vdb-entry
- 26620third-party-advisory
- DSA-1381vendor-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.18-git13.log
- 20070615 rPSA-2007-0124-1 kernel xenmailing-list
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=658fdbef66e5e9be79b457edc2cbbb3add840aa9
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.18
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9554vdb-entrysignature
- 25691third-party-advisory
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