{"cve":"CVE-2007-4311","nvd":{"published":"2007-08-13T21:17:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:43:47.450","status":"Modified","description":"The xfer_secondary_pool function in drivers/char/random.c in the Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.35 performs reseed operations on only the first few bytes of a buffer, which might make it easier for attackers to predict the output of the random number generator, related to incorrect use of the sizeof operator.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-310"],"references":["http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.34.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bd67d4c7b11cc33ebdc346bc8926d255b354cd64","http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.34.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=faa3369ac2ea7feb0dd266b6a5e8d6ab153cf925","http://secunia.com/advisories/29058","http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503","http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.34.6"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:48:28.501292361+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-4311","score":0.01729,"percentile":0.77595,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}