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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Published : 2006-10-17 22:07
Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30
NVD link : CVE-2006-5173
Mitre link : CVE-2006-5173
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2006-5173
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linux
- linux_kernel
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
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