CVE-2006-5649: Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unspecified vulnerability in the "alignment check exception handling" in Ubuntu 5.10, 6.06 LTS, and 6.10 for the PowerPC (PPC) allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux: version 5.10 only; version 6.06_lts only; version 6.10 only

Published 2006-12-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.