VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2004-0554

CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.87%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2004-08-06
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x for x86 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash), possibly via an infinite loop that triggers a signal handler with a certain sequence of fsave and frstor instructions, as originally demonstrated using a "crash.c" program.

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