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CVE-2006-5755

CVE-2006-5755 PUBLISHED

Reported by redhat · Published January 9, 2007

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.

Affected Products

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Timeline

  • Dec 31, 2006 CVE Published
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