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CVE-2007-4573

Published: Sep 24, 2007 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
HIGH
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4573
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux*2.4.35 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux*2.6.22.6 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatkernel-0:2.4.21-52.EL*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatkernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.9.EL*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatkernel-0:2.6.18-8.1.14.el5*
LinuxUbuntuupstream*
Linux-source-2.6.15Ubuntudapper*
Linux-source-2.6.17Ubuntuedgy*
Linux-source-2.6.20Ubuntufeisty*
Linux-source-2.6.22Ubuntugutsy*
Xen-sourceUbuntufeisty*
Xen-sourceUbuntugutsy*

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