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CVE-2009-2847

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.9 Published: 2009-08-18 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux KernelLinux LinuxLinux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References