CVE-2009-2847
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N- EPSS score
- 0.9% (61th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2837)
- Published
- August 18, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2837 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0083fc2c50e6c5127c2802ad323adf8143ab7856
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1243.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36136
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36501
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36562
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36759
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37105
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9352
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/1(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/05/1(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/26/2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1438.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515392(Patch)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10637
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8405
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01256.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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