CVE-2009-2910

Publication date 20 October 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
linux	9.10 karmic	Fixed 2.6.31-16.52
	9.04 jaunty	Fixed 2.6.28-17.58
	8.10 intrepid	Fixed 2.6.27-16.44
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 2.6.24-26.64
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release
linux-source-2.6.15	9.10 karmic	Not in release
	9.04 jaunty	Not in release
	8.10 intrepid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed 2.6.15-55.81

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
linux	Upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-tip.git;a=commitdiff;h=24e35800cdc4350fc34e2bed37b608a9e13ab3b6

CVE-2009-2910

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