CVE-2009-0029 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2009-0029
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Description: 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.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html SAID Secunia Advisory: SA33674 Secunia Advisory: SA34394 Secunia Advisory: SA33477 Secunia Advisory: SA34981 Secunia Advisory: SA35011 MLIST http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123155111608910&w=2 MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:135 FEDORA DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1749 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 CONFIRM BID 33275

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