Vulnerability CVE-2009-2847
Published: 2009-08-18   Modified: 2012-02-13

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
Linux Kernel <= 2.6.31-rc5 sigaltstack 4-Byte Stack Disclosure Exploit
Jon Oberheide
25.08.2009

Type:

CWE-noinfo

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10
6.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
None
None
Affected software
Linux -> Kernel 
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=0083fc2c50e6c5127c2802ad323adf8143ab7856
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1243.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9352
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/05/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/26/2
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1438.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515392
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10637
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8405
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01256.html
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