The xfer_secondary_pool function in drivers/char/random.c in the Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.35 performs reseed operations on only the first few bytes of a buffer, which might make it easier for attackers to predict the output of the random number generator, related to incorrect use of the sizeof operator.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-08-13T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T14:53:55.250Z

Reserved: 2007-08-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-4311

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-08-13T21:17:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:35:17.370

Link: CVE-2007-4311

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