Improper input validation in Linux Kernel

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 next instruction, which causes the kernel exception handler to run on the user stack with the wrong GS.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.005 (37.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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