Description
The linux 2.4 kernel before 2.4.19 assumes that the fninit instruction clears all registers, which could lead to an information leak on processors that do not clear all relevant SSE registers.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://search.luky.org/linux-kernel.2002/msg24003.html ↗
- http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2002-15/0760.html ↗
- http://search.luky.org/linux-kernel.2002/msg24992.html ↗
- http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2002-15/0628.html ↗
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/diffs/arch/i386/kernel/i387.c%401.6 ↗