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.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T00:10:03.548Z
Reserved: 2004-02-25T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2004-0177

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2004-06-01T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2004-0177
