CVE-2008-2729

NameCVE-2008-2729
Descriptionarch/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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1630-1

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
fai-kernelssourceetch1.17+etch.22etch2DSA-1630-1
linux-2.6sourceetch2.6.18.dfsg.1-22etch2DSA-1630-1
linux-2.6source(unstable)2.6.19-1
user-mode-linuxsourceetch2.6.18-1um-2etch.22etch2DSA-1630-1

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