CVE-2002-1571 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2002-1571?

CVE-2002-1571 is a low-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 23 Jan 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1571?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2002-1571?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1571 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2002-1571 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1571 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-g537-q8gc-5484.