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CVE-2009-2910

Published: Oct 20, 2009

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.4 on the x86_64 platform does not clear certain kernel registers before a return to user mode, which allows local users to read register values from an earlier process by switching an ia32 process to 64-bit mode.

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

RHSA-2009:1671
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2009:1540
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
USN-864-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
36927
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7359
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
37351
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
37075
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
SUSE-SA:2009:056
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
SUSE-SA:2010:012
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10823
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
36576
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
FEDORA-2009-10525
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
RHSA-2010:0095
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2010:0046
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
SUSE-SA:2009:054
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE

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