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CVE-2006-0744 Detail

Description

Linux kernel before 2.6.16.5 does not properly handle uncanonical return addresses on Intel EM64T CPUs, which reports an exception in the SYSRET instead of the next instruction, which causes the kernel exception handler to run on the user stack with the wrong GS.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.5 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lwn.net/Alerts/180820/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/19639 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19735 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20157 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20237 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20398 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/20716 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20914 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21136 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21179 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21498 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21745 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21983 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-180.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:086 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:150 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_47_kernel.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.osvdb.org/24639 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0437.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17541 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1390 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1475 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25869 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9732 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-0744
NVD Published Date:
04/18/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.