CVE-2009-2847

CVE Details

Release Date:	2009-08-18
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-1438	2009-09-15
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.11.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-1438	2009-09-15
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.11.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-1438	2009-09-15
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-1243	2009-09-08
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-164.el5)	ELSA-2009-1243	2009-09-08
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-164.el5)	ELSA-2009-1243	2009-09-08