CVE-2008-1367

gcc 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 signa...

CVE-2008-1367

CVE-2008-1367 corresponds to a Linux kernel issue where gcc 4.3.x may not emit a cld instruction while compiling string manipulation code (e.g., memcpy/memmove), preventing the direction flag (DF) from being reset and potentially causing memory copy in the wrong direction during signal handling. ...