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CVE-2002-1571

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 2002-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The linux 2.4 kernel before 2.4.19 assumes that the fninit instruction clears all registers, which could lead to an information leak on processors that do not clear all relevant SSE registers.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References