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CVE Reference: CVE-2006-5755
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2006-5755

Description:
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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA24098
  Secunia Advisory: SA25691
  Secunia Advisory: SA26620
  Secunia Advisory: SA26994
  Secunia Advisory: SA32485

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9554

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1381

CONFIRM
  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.18
  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=658fdbef66e5e9be79b457edc2cbbb3add840aa9
  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.18-git13.log
  http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=658fdbef66e5e9be79b457edc2cbbb3add840aa9

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457

BID
  26060


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