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Linux kernel before 2.6.16.5 does not properly handle...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 31, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Linux kernel before 2.6.16.5 does not properly handle uncanonical return addresses on Intel EM64T CPUs, which reports an exception in the SYSRET instead of the next instruction, which causes the kernel exception handler to run on the user stack with the wrong GS.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 18, 2006
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2022
Last updated Jan 31, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

0.102%
(43rd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2006-0744

GHSA ID

GHSA-58v9-vmqx-g2rc

Source code

No known source code

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