CVE-2006-5173

Linux kernel - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

Linux kernel does not properly save or restore EFLAGS during a context switch, or reset the flags when creating new threads, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (process crash), as demonstrated using a process that sets the Alignment Check flag (EFLAGS 0x40000), which triggers a SIGBUS in other processes that have an unaligned access.

Scores

EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 20.0%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (4)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.19
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published Oct 17, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026