CVE-2009-2847 (GCVE-0-2009-2847)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-08-18 20:41 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:07
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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