Bug 1483905 (CVE-2006-3635)

Summary:	CVE-2006-3635 kernel: Mishandling of invalid Register Stack Engine (RSE) state causes stack consumption and system crash
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	agordeev, aquini, bhu, blc, dhoward, esammons, fhrbata, gansalmon, hkrzesin, hwkernel-mgr, iboverma, ichavero, itamar, jforbes, jkacur, jonathan, jross, jwboyer, kernel-maint, kernel-mgr, labbott, lgoncalv, lwang, madhu.chinakonda, matt, mchehab, mcressma, mguzik, mlangsdo, nmurray, plougher, rt-maint, rvrbovsk, williams
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kernel 2.6.26	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-08-22 08:59:08 UTC

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.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4dcc29e1574d88f4465ba865ed82800032f76418