Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2009-2847
The do_sigaltstack function in kernel/signal.c in Linux kernel 2.4 through 2.4.37 and 2.6 before 2.6.31-rc5, when running on 64-bit systems, does not clear certain padding bytes from a structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from the kernel stack via the sigaltstack function.
EPSS: 0.009 (57.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.24.7, 2.6.25.15
- Linux
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.6, 2.6.0, 2.6.1
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)