CVE-2009-2847
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 18, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 18, 2009
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- [oss-security] 20090804 CVE request - kernel: information leak in sigaltstackmailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515392
- 37471third-party-advisory
- USN-852-1vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2009:1243vendor-advisory
- 36759third-party-advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- [oss-security] 20090826 Re: CVE request - kernel: information leak in sigaltstackmailing-list
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10637vdb-entrysignature
- 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party componentsmailing-list
- 36562third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2009-9044vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0083fc2c50e6c5127c2802ad323adf8143ab7856
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8405vdb-entrysignature
- 9352exploit
- 36501third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20090805 Re: CVE request - kernel: information leak in sigaltstackmailing-list
- RHSA-2009:1438vendor-advisory
- ADV-2009-3316vdb-entry
- 37105third-party-advisory
- 36136third-party-advisory
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