Description (CNA)
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 (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
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
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- 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