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CVE-2006-5173LOWCVSS 2.1

CVE-2006-5173

Published Oct 17, 2006·Updated Jun 16, 2026

NVD 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.

CVSS Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

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