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.
References
Link Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-tip.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=24e35800cdc4350fc34e2bed37b608a9e13ab3b6
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/1/164 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125442304214452&w=2 Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125444390112831&w=2 Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125511635004768&w=2 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36927 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37075 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37351 Third Party Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666 Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.4 Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/02/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1671.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36576 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526788 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10823 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7359 Third Party Advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html Third Party Advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html Third Party Advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00483.html Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2009-10-20T17:00:00

Updated: 2017-09-18T12:57:01

Reserved: 2009-08-20T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2009-2910

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-10-20T17:30:00.907

Modified: 2023-02-13T02:20:20.183


Link: CVE-2009-2910

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