Certain USB drivers in the Linux 2.4 kernel use the copy_to_user function on uninitialized structures, which could allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading memory that was not cleared from previous usage.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1067-1 New Linux kernel 2.4.16 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1069-1 New Linux kernel 2.4.18 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1070-1 New Linux kernel 2.4.19 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1082-1 New Linux kernel 2.4.17 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2004-0684 Certain USB drivers in the Linux 2.4 kernel use the copy_to_user function on uninitialized structures, which could allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading memory that was not cleared from previous usage.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:24:27.059Z

Reserved: 2004-07-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-0685

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-12-23T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-0685

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2003-10-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2004-0685 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.