Floating point information leak in the context switch...
Low severity
Unreviewed
Published
Apr 29, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Jan 30, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Dec 6, 2004
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Apr 29, 2022
Last updated
Jan 30, 2023
Floating point information leak in the context switch code for Linux 2.4.x only checks the MFH bit but does not verify the FPH owner, which allows local users to read register values of other processes by setting the MFH bit.
References