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CVE-2007-4311

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.8 Published: 2007-08-13 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-310

References