| CVE-2006-5173 | Date: (C)2006-10-17 (M)2023-12-22 |
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 Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 2.1 |
| Exploit Score: 3.9 |
| Impact Score: 2.9 |
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| CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Access Vector: LOCAL |
| Access Complexity: LOW |
| Authentication: NONE |
| Confidentiality: NONE |
| Integrity: NONE |
| Availability: PARTIAL |
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