EUVD-2002-1552

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CVE-2002-1571

CVE-2002-1571 affects the Linux 2.4 kernel pre-2.4.19. The root cause is that the fninit instruction is assumed to clear all registers, which can cause an information leak on processors that do not clear all relevant SSE registers. The practical impact is potential leakage of information (partial...