CVE-2006-0744

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.1
MODERATE
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.106

Associated Vulnerability

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Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234