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CVE-2010-1451

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 2010-05-07 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The TSB I-TLB load implementation in arch/sparc/kernel/tsb.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 on the SPARC platform does not properly obtain the value of a certain _PAGE_EXEC_4U bit and consequently does not properly implement a non-executable stack, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to exploit stack-based buffer overflows via a crafted application.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux KernelDebian Debian Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-787

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