Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:23461Denial Of Service (DoS)
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access 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
kernel is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability exists as a flaw was found in the Linux kernel when running on AMD64 systems. During a context switch, EFLAGS were being neither saved nor restored.
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=658fdbef66e5e9be79b457edc2cbbb3add840aa9
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=658fdbef66e5e9be79b457edc2cbbb3add840aa9
kernel.org/git/?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;a=commitdiff;h=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/security/updates/classification/#important
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
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0957
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9554
Related
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access 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