CVE-2006-3635: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 2.6.25.20

Published 2017-08-07. Last modified 2026-06-16.