CVE

Id
8605  
CVE No.
CVE-2004-0177  
Status
Candidate  
Description
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.  
Phase
Assigned (20040225)  
Votes
None (candidate not yet proposed)  
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