Description
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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Various Sources mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://search.luky.org/linux-kernel.2002/msg24003.html
Various Sources mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://search.luky.org/linux-kernel.2002/msg24992.html
Various Sources mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2002-15/0628.html
Various Sources mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2002-15/0760.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/diffs/arch/i386/kernel/i387.c%401.6
Scores
EPSS
0.0040
EPSS Percentile
33.1%
Details
Status
published
Products (20)
linux/linux_kernel
2.4.0 (13 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
2.4.1
linux/linux_kernel
2.4.2
linux/linux_kernel
2.4.3
linux/linux_kernel
2.4.4
linux/linux_kernel
2.4.5
linux/linux_kernel
2.4.6
linux/linux_kernel
2.4.7
linux/linux_kernel
2.4.8
linux/linux_kernel
2.4.9
... and 10 more
Published
Dec 31, 2002
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026