Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:23877Information Disclosure
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
The kernel is vulnerable to Information Disclosure. Due to missing initialization flaws found in the Linux kernel, padding data in several core network structures was not initialized properly before being sent to user-space. These flaws could lead to information leaks.
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git;a=commit;h=096ed17f20affc2db0e307658c69b67433992a7a
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=16ebb5e0b36ceadc8186f71d68b0c4fa4b6e781b
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oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6757
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