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Bug 154326 - Kernel: [POWERPC] Make alignment exception always check exception table (CVE-2006-5649)
Summary: Kernel: [POWERPC] Make alignment exception always check exception table (CVE-...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/ke...
Whiteboard: [linux <2.6.16.33] [linux >=2.6.17 <2...
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Reported: 2006-11-07 00:50 UTC by Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (RETIRED)
Modified: 2009-07-22 14:21 UTC (History)
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Description Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-11-07 00:50:36 UTC
[POWERPC] Make alignment exception always check exception table
 
 The alignment exception used to only check the exception table for
 -EFAULT, not for other errors. That opens an oops window if we can
 coerce the kernel into getting an alignment exception for other reasons
 in what would normally be a user-protected accessor, which can be done
 via some of the futex ops. This fixes it by always checking the
 exception tables.
Comment 1 Harlan Lieberman-Berg (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-12-21 19:10:55 UTC
Effects no one, closing.