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.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T06:07:36.606Z
Reserved: 2009-08-18T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2009-2847

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Status : Modified
Published: 2009-08-18T21:00:00.377
Modified: 2024-11-21T01:05:53.260
Link: CVE-2009-2847
