CVE-2006-3635

kernel: Mishandling of invalid Register Stack Engine (RSE) state causes stack consumption and system crash

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · May 27, 2008

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

The ia64 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26 allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and system crash) via a crafted application that leverages the mishandling of invalid Register Stack Engine (RSE) state.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption