Memory Initialization Vulnerability in e1000 Driver for Linux Kernel 2.4.26 and Earlier

CVE-2004-0535 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

The e1000 driver for Linux kernel 2.4.26 and earlier does not properly initialize memory before using it, which allows local users to read portions of kernel memory. NOTE: this issue was originally incorrectly reported as a "buffer overflow" by some sources.

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