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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2006-10-17T22:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T19:41:05.034Z
Reserved: 2006-10-05T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2006-5173
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2006-10-17T22:07:00.000
Modified: 2024-11-21T00:18:09.950
Link: CVE-2006-5173
Redhat
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