Information exposure in Linux kernel - CVE-2008-2729
Published: July 1, 2008 / Updated: February 3, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92712
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-2729
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to information exposure error within the entry(), end() and endproc() functions in arch/x86_64/lib/copy_user.s, within the export_symbol() function in arch/x86_64/kernel/x8664_ksyms.c. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.
How to mitigate CVE-2008-2729
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=3022d734a54cbd2b65eea9a024564821101b4a9a;hp=f0f4c3432e5e1087b3a8c0e6bd4113d3c37497ff
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451271
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020364
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30849
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29943
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31107
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30850
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31628
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31551
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43558
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11571