CVE-2008-2729

medium

Description

arch/x86_64/lib/copy_user.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 on some AMD64 systems does not erase destination memory locations after an exception during kernel memory copy, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

References

Advisories
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43558

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451271

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020364

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29943

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11571

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-2722

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174

http://secunia.com/advisories/31628

http://secunia.com/advisories/31551

http://secunia.com/advisories/31107

http://secunia.com/advisories/30850

http://secunia.com/advisories/30849

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3022d734a54cbd2b65eea9a024564821101b4a9a%3Bhp=f0f4c3432e5e1087b3a8c0e6bd4113d3c37497ff

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-06-30

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N