CVE - CVE-2006-5755

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-5755	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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
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BUGTRAQ:20070615 rPSA-2007-0124-1 kernel xen URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457 CONFIRM:http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=658fdbef66e5e9be79b457edc2cbbb3add840aa9 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.18-git13.log CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=658fdbef66e5e9be79b457edc2cbbb3add840aa9 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.18 DEBIAN:DSA-1381 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1381 MANDRIVA:MDKSA-2007:171 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171 REDHAT:RHSA-2008:0957 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html UBUNTU:USN-416-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1 BID:26060 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26060 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9554 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9554 SECUNIA:24098 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/24098 SECUNIA:25691 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/25691 SECUNIA:26620 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/26620 SECUNIA:26994 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/26994 SECUNIA:32485 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32485
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Date Entry Created
20061106	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20061106)
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