CVE-2006-0744

Linux Kernel - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule

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.

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
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Apr 18, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026