CVE-2006-5331 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The altivec_unavailable_exception function in arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 on 64-bit systems mishandles the case where CONFIG_ALTIVEC is defined and the CPU actually supports Altivec, but the Altivec support was not detected by the kernel, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by triggering execution of an Altivec instruction.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

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

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6c4841c2b6c32a134f9f36e5e08857138cc12b10
http://www.linuxgrill.com/anonymous/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213229
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6c4841c2b6c32a134f9f36e5e08857138cc12b10

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-10-29T06:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:48:29.714Z

Reserved: 2006-10-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-5331

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-29T06:29:00.230

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:18:47.537

Link: CVE-2006-5331

Redhat

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