Description
The e1000 driver for Linux kernel 2.4.26 and earlier does not properly initialize memory before using it, which allows local users to read portions of kernel memory. NOTE: this issue was originally incorrectly reported as a "buffer overflow" by some sources.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10352 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-413.html ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-418.html ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/testing/patch-2.4.27.log ↗
- http://lwn.net/Articles/91155/ ↗
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000845 ↗
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=125168 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:062 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16159 ↗
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-02.xml ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11136 ↗
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_20_kernel.html ↗