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CVE-2006-5755

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.9 Published: 2006-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References