CVE-2006-0744
Linux Kernel - Improper Input Validation
Title source: ruleDescription
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 (32)
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Scores
EPSS
0.0011
EPSS Percentile
28.5%
Classification
CWE
CWE-20
Status
draft
Affected Products (50)
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
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linux/linux_kernel
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linux/linux_kernel
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Timeline
Published
Apr 18, 2006
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026