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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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
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2007-08-13T21:17:00.000
Modified: 2024-11-21T00:35:17.370
Link: CVE-2007-4311
Redhat
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