Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9732
Revision Date:2013-04-29Version:11
Title: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.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2006-0744
Platform(s):CentOS Linux 3
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • OS Section: RHEL3, CentOS3
  • RHEL3 or CentOS3
  • The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
  • OR CentOS Linux 3.x
  • AND Configuration section
  • kernel-BOOT is earlier than 0:2.4.21-47.EL
  • OR kernel-unsupported is earlier than 0:2.4.21-47.EL
  • OR kernel-smp-unsupported is earlier than 0:2.4.21-47.EL
  • OR kernel-hugemem-unsupported is earlier than 0:2.4.21-47.EL
  • OR kernel-hugemem is earlier than 0:2.4.21-47.EL
  • OR kernel is earlier than 0:2.4.21-47.EL
  • OR kernel-source is earlier than 0:2.4.21-47.EL
  • OR kernel-doc is earlier than 0:2.4.21-47.EL
  • OR kernel-smp is earlier than 0:2.4.21-47.EL
  • OR OS Section: RHEL4, CentOS4, Oracle Linux 4
  • RHEL4, CentOS4 or Oracle Linux 4
  • The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • OR CentOS Linux 4.x
  • OR Oracle Linux 4.x
  • AND Configuration section
  • kernel-hugemem is earlier than 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
  • OR kernel-hugemem-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
  • OR kernel-smp-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
  • OR kernel-largesmp-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
  • OR kernel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
  • OR kernel-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
  • OR kernel-doc is earlier than 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
  • OR kernel-largesmp is earlier than 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
  • OR kernel-smp is earlier than 0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
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