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CVE-2007-4573

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2007-09-24 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The IA32 system call emulation functionality in Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7, when running on the x86_64 architecture, does not zero extend the eax register after the 32bit entry path to ptrace is used, which might allow local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %RAX register.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References