CVE-2004-0685
Publication date 23 December 2004
Last updated 17 July 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
Certain USB drivers in the Linux 2.4 kernel use the copy_to_user function on uninitialized structures, which could allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading memory that was not cleared from previous usage.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| kernel-source-2.4.27 | ||