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Unscored CVE-2006-5173 EUVD-2006-5158GHSA-pm7g-vxcv-89q8

Linux kernel does not properly save or restore EFLAGS during a context switch, or reset the flags when creating new threads, which allows l…

Published Oct 17, 2006 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

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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