CVE-2009-2910

kernel: x86_64 32 bit process register leak

Published Oct 20, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1915-1 New Linux 2.6.26 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1928-1 New Linux 2.6.24 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-2898 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-864-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-tip.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=24e35800cdc4350fc34e2bed37b608a9e13ab3b6 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/1/164 cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125442304214452&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125444390112831&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125511635004768&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36927 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37075 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37351 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.4 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/02/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1671.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36576 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526788 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2910 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10823 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7359 cve-icon cve-icon
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2910 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00483.html cve-icon cve-icon
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