CVE-2006-0742: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 Linux Kernel: version 2.6.0 only; version 2.6.1 only; version 2.6.3 only; version 2.6.4 only; version 2.6.5 only; version 2.6.6 only; …

Published 2006-03-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.