Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 24, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-4573
CVE-2007-4573
Description
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.
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References
39- lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/21/512nvdPatch
- fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-229.shtmlnvd
- kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.35.3nvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00001.htmlnvd
- lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/21/513nvd
- marc.infonvd
- secunia.com/advisories/26917nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/26919nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/26934nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/26953nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/26955nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/26978nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/26994nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/26995nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27212nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27227nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27912nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29058nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1378nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1381nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504nvd
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.7nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0936.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0937.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0938.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480451/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480705/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25774nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-518-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3246nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1754nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9735nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00355.htmlnvd
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