CVE-2006-5755

CVE-2006-5755 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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.

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