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CVE-2024-50076 - VT Linux Kernel Info Leak Vulnerability

CVE ID : CVE-2024-50076
Published : Oct. 29, 2024, 1:15 a.m. | 3 hours, 11 minutes ago
Description : In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt: prevent kernel-infoleak in con_font_get() font.data may not initialize all memory spaces depending on the implementation of vc->vc_sw->con_font_get. This may cause info-leak, so to prevent this, it is safest to modify it to initialize the allocated memory space to 0, and it generally does not affect the overall performance of the system.
Severity: 0.0 | NA
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