CVE-2006-5755
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
68.2%
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 configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:::: |
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=658fdbef66e5e9be79b457edc2cbbb3add840aa9
kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=658fdbef66e5e9be79b457edc2cbbb3add840aa9
secunia.com/advisories/24098
secunia.com/advisories/25691
secunia.com/advisories/26620
secunia.com/advisories/26994
secunia.com/advisories/32485
www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1381
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.18
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.18-git13.log
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457
www.securityfocus.com/bid/26060
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9554
Social References
More
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
68.2%