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.

Score
CVSS 2.0 4.9 Medium
Status
Modified - cve@mitre.org
Published
2009-08-18
Last modified
2024-08-07

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