CVE-2006-5755
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-01-09 01:00
Modified
2024-08-07 20:04
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=658fdbef66e5e9be79b457edc2cbbb3add840aa9
secalert@redhat.comhttp://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=658fdbef66e5e9be79b457edc2cbbb3add840aa9
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/24098
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/25691
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/26620
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/26994
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32485
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1381
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.18
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.18-git13.log
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26060
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9554
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