CVE-2006-0742

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-03-09 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.0, 2.6.0-test1, 2.6.0-test10, 2.6.0-test11, 2.6.0-test2, 2.6.0-test3 (+76)

References

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

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