CVE-2007-4573 (GCVE-0-2007-4573)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-09-24 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:01
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The IA32 system call emulation functionality in Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7, when running on the x86_64 architecture, does not zero extend the eax register after the 32bit entry path to ptrace is used, which might allow local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %RAX register.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
39 references
Date Public
2007-09-21 00:00
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"comment": "This issue affected users who were running 64-bit versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5 on x86_64 architecture. It did not affect users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. \n\nUpdates are available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5 to correct\nthis issue. New kernel packages along with our advisory are available at\nthe URL below as well as via the Red Hat Network. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/CVE-2007-4573.html\n",
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