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CVE-2007-4311 (GCVE-0-2007-4311)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-08-13 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 14:53
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2007-07-30 00:00
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