CVE-2006-0742 Information

Description

The die_if_kernel function in arch/ia64/kernel/unaligned.c in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.15.6 possibly when compiled with certain versions of gcc has the \noreturn\ attribute set which allows local users to cause a denial of service by causing user faults on Itanium systems.

Reference

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U http://secunia.com/advisories/19078 http://secunia.com/advisories/19220 http://secunia.com/advisories/19607 http://secunia.com/advisories/20398 http://secunia.com/advisories/20671 http://secunia.com/advisories/20914 http://secunia.com/advisories/21136 http://secunia.com/advisories/21465 http://secunia.com/advisories/21983 http://secunia.com/advisories/22417 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-180.htm http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1097 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15.6 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:059 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html http://www.osvdb.org/23660 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0437.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16993 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0856 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25068 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10742 https://usn.ubuntu.com/263-1/