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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-04-16T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:10:03.548Z

Reserved: 2004-02-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-0177

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-06-01T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:47:56.250

Link: CVE-2004-0177

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2004-02-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2004-0177 - Bugzilla