CVE-2006-5173
Published: 17 October 2006
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.
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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linux-source-2.6.15 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Released
(2.6.15-29.58)
|
| edgy |
Does not exist
|
|
| feisty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
|
linux-source-2.6.17 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Does not exist
|
| edgy |
Released
(2.6.17.1-12.40)
|
|
| feisty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|