Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.4.0]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004295
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed6 Dec 2004
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Dec 2004

CVE-2004-0565  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for torvalds/linux.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. Floating point information leak in the context switch code for Linux 2.4.x only checks the MFH bit but does not verify the FPH owner, which allows local users to read register values of other processes by setting the MFH bit.

CVSS Base Scores

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