cve/2009/CVE-2009-2847.md

CVE-2009-2847

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.

POC

Reference

• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

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