fkie_cve-2006-5755
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2006-12-31 05:00
Modified
2024-11-21 00:20
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
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * |
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