CVE-2006-0744 | BDVDB-2026-16295 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25869
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0437.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19735
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20716
- http://lwn.net/Alerts/180820/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21745
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_47_kernel.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21136
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:150
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19639
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/21983
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1390
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-180.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17541
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.5
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1475
- http://www.osvdb.org/24639
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21498
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20237
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20398
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9732
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:086
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20157
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21179
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20914
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.