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CVE-2006-5173 Detail

Description

Linux kernel does not properly save or restore EFLAGS during a context switch, or reset the flags when creating new threads, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (process crash), as demonstrated using a process that sets the Alignment Check flag (EFLAGS 0x40000), which triggers a SIGBUS in other processes that have an unaligned access.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (11/03/2006)

Not Vulnerable. This flaw only affects kernel versions 2.6.14 to 2.6.18. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4 does not ship with a vulnerable kernel version.

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Hyperlink Resource
http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47a5c6fa0e204a2b63309c648bb2fde36836c826
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21851 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-5173
NVD Published Date:
10/17/2006
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
MITRE