CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-2910
2.1 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-10-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.31.4)
• suse linux enterprise debuginfo 10
• opensuse opensuse 11.0
• suse linux enterprise desktop 10
• suse linux enterprise server 9
• suse linux enterprise server 10
• suse linux enterprise software development kit 10
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.06
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 9.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 9.10
• redhat virtualization 5
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux eus 5.4
• redhat enterprise linux server 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 5.0
• fedoraproject fedora 10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-tip.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=24e35800cdc4350fc34e2bed37b608a9e13ab3b6 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/1/164 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125442304214452&w=2 Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125444390112831&w=2 Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125511635004768&w=2 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36927 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37075 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37351 Third Party Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.4 Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/02/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1671.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36576 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526788 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10823 Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7359 Third Party Advisory
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html Third Party Advisory
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html Third Party Advisory
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00483.html Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-tip.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=24e35800cdc4350fc34e2bed37b608a9e13ab3b6 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/1/164 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125442304214452&w=2 Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125444390112831&w=2 Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125511635004768&w=2 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36927 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37075 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37351 Third Party Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.4 Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/02/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1671.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36576 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526788 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10823 Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7359 Third Party Advisory
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html Third Party Advisory
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html Third Party Advisory
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00483.html Third Party Advisory