CVE-2009-2910

N/A

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published10/20/2009

Last Modified4/23/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

canonical:ubuntu_linuxfedoraproject:fedoralinux:linux_kernelopensuse:opensuseredhat:enterprise_linux_desktopredhat:enterprise_linux_eusredhat:enterprise_linux_serverredhat:enterprise_linux_workstationredhat:virtualizationsuse:linux_enterprise_debuginfosuse:linux_enterprise_desktopsuse:linux_enterprise_serversuse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-tip.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=24e35800cdc4350fc34e2bed37b608a9e13ab3b6(secalert@redhat.com)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/1/164(secalert@redhat.com)

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125442304214452&w=2(secalert@redhat.com)

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125444390112831&w=2(secalert@redhat.com)

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125511635004768&w=2(secalert@redhat.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/36927(secalert@redhat.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/37075(secalert@redhat.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/37351(secalert@redhat.com)

http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.4(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/02/1(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1671.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36576(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526788(secalert@redhat.com)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10823(secalert@redhat.com)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7359(secalert@redhat.com)

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html(secalert@redhat.com)

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html(secalert@redhat.com)

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html(secalert@redhat.com)

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00483.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-tip.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=24e35800cdc4350fc34e2bed37b608a9e13ab3b6(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/1/164(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125442304214452&w=2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125444390112831&w=2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125511635004768&w=2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/36927(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/37075(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/37351(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.4(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/02/1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1671.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36576(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526788(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10823(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7359(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00483.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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