CVE-2009-0029 (GCVE-0-2009-0029)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-15 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 04:17
VLAI
Summary
The ABI in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 and earlier on s390, powerpc, sparc64, and mips 64-bit platforms requires that a 32-bit argument in a 64-bit register was properly sign extended when sent from a user-mode application, but cannot verify this, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted system call.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://secunia.com/advisories/33477 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33275 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1749 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479969 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/33674 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/35011 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/34394 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123155111608910&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2009-01-10 00:00
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