CVE-2006-0744

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…

published April 18, 2006

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
40.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00476 · 40.1th percentile
Published
2006-04-18T10:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 APR 10:00Z
    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…
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