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kernel: memory corruption
| Package(s): | kernel | CVE #(s): | CVE-2008-1367 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Created: | May 7, 2008 | Updated: | July 8, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: | GCC 4.3.x no longer sets the x86 direction flag in situations where the ABI standard says the flag should already be cleared; as a result, it may be possible for a local attacker to corrupt memory. See this LWN article for details. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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