CVE-2004-0177

The ext3 code in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26 does not properly initialize journal descriptor blocks, which causes an information leak in which in-memory data is written to the device for the ext3 file system, which allows privileged users to obtain portions of kernel memory by reading the raw device.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2004-06-01 04:00

Updated : 2023-11-07 01:56


NVD link : CVE-2004-0177

Mitre link : CVE-2004-0177

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2004-0177


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel