CVE ID:	CVE-2006-5755
Description:	Linux kernel before 2.6.18, when running on x86_64 systems, does not properly save or restore EFLAGS during a context switch, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by causing SYSENTER to set an NT flag, which can trigger a crash on the IRET of the next task.
Test IDs:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58641   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58667
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-5755 20070615 rPSA-2007-0124-1 kernel xen http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457 24098 http://secunia.com/advisories/24098 25691 http://secunia.com/advisories/25691 26060 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26060 26620 http://secunia.com/advisories/26620 26994 http://secunia.com/advisories/26994 32485 http://secunia.com/advisories/32485 DSA-1381 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1381 MDKSA-2007:171 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171 RHSA-2008:0957 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html USN-416-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=658fdbef66e5e9be79b457edc2cbbb3add840aa9 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=658fdbef66e5e9be79b457edc2cbbb3add840aa9 http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=658fdbef66e5e9be79b457edc2cbbb3add840aa9 http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=658fdbef66e5e9be79b457edc2cbbb3add840aa9 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.18 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.18 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.18-git13.log http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.18-git13.log oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9554 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9554