CVE-2008-1367

Summary

CVECVE-2008-1367
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-17 23:44:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:01:00 UTC
Descriptiongcc 4.3.x does not generate a cld instruction while compiling functions used for string manipulation such as memcpy and memmove on x86 and i386, which can prevent the direction flag (DF) from being reset in violation of ABI conventions and cause data to be copied in the wrong direction during signal handling in the Linux kernel, which might allow context-dependent attackers to trigger memory corruption. NOTE: this issue was originally reported for CPU consumption in SBCL.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Gcc 4.3 All All All
Application Gnu Gcc 4.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
LKML: Aurelien Jarno: Linux doesn't follow x86/x86-64 ABI wrt direction flag MLIST lkml.org Exploit
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
'x86: clear DF before calling signal handler' - MARC MLIST marc.info
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
SUSE update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree git.kernel.org
Chris Lattner - Re: [PATCH, i386]: Emit cld instruction when stringops are used MLIST gcc.gnu.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
437312 – (CVE-2008-1367) CVE-2008-1367 Kernel doesn't clear DF for signal handlers CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
SUSE update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Red Hat update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
VMware ESX Server update for Samba and vmnix - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Michael Matz - Re: [PATCH, i386]: Emit cld instruction when stringops are used MLIST gcc.gnu.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Red Hat update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
GCC 4.3.0 exposes a kernel bug [LWN.net] MISC lwn.net
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org
Uros Bizjak - Re: [PATCH, i386]: Emit cld instruction when stringops are used MLIST gcc.gnu.org
[Security-announce] VMSA-2008-00011 Updated ESX service console packages for Samba and vmnix MLIST lists.vmware.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
#469058 - Linux doesn't follow x86/x86-64 ABI wrt direction flag - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Red Hat update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
SUSE update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Uros Bizjak - [PATCH, i386]: Emit cld instruction when stringops are used MLIST gcc.gnu.org
Linux Kernel Direction Flag Local Memory Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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