cve/2004/CVE-2004-0554.md

### [CVE-2004-0554](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0554)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://linuxreviews.org/news/2004-06-11_kernel_crash/index.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-260.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9426

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.