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CVE-2007-4311

Published: Aug 13, 2007

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The xfer_secondary_pool function in drivers/char/random.c in the Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.35 performs reseed operations on only the first few bytes of a buffer, which might make it easier for attackers to predict the output of the random number generator, related to incorrect use of the sizeof operator.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.34.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=faa3369ac2ea7feb0dd266b6a5e8d6ab153cf925

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.34.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bd67d4c7b11cc33ebdc346bc8926d255b354cd64

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.34.6

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.35

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vendor-advisory

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third-party-advisory

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vdb-entry

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vdb-entry

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