Linux kernel 'altivec_unavailable_exception' function denial of service vulnerability

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the 'altivecunavailableexception' function in the arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c file in versions of Linux kernel prior to 2.6.19. A local...

CVE-2006-5331: Undefined Security Weakness

The altivecunavailableexception function in arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 on 64-bit systems mishandles the case where CONFIGALTIVEC is defined and the CPU actually supports Altivec, but the Altivec support was not detected by the kernel, which allows local users to...