CVE-2009-3238

Description

The get_random_int function in drivers/char/random.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30 produces insufficiently random numbers, which allows attackers to predict the return value, and possibly defeat protection mechanisms based on randomization, via vectors that leverage the function's tendency to "return the same value over and over again for long stretches of time."

References

https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03836en_us

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=519692

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499785

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3