Candidate: CVE-2003-0984
References: 
 SUSE:SuSE-SA:2003:049
 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_049_kernel.html
 CONECTIVA:CLA-2004:799
 URL:http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000799
 ENGARDE:ESA-20040105-001
 URL:http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-3904.html
 REDHAT:RHSA-2003:417
 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-417.html
 REDHAT:RHSA-2004:188
 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html
 MANDRAKE:MDKSA-2004:001
 URL:http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:001
 BUGTRAQ:20040112 SmoothWall Project Security Advisory SWP-2004:001
 URL:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=107394143105081&w=2
 XF:linux-rtc-memory-leak(13943)
 URL:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/13943
 OVAL:OVAL1013
 URL:http://oval.mitre.org/oval/definitions/data/oval1013.html
 OVAL:OVAL859
 URL:http://oval.mitre.org/oval/definitions/data/oval859.html
Description: 
 Real time clock (RTC) routines in Linux kernel 2.4.23 and earlier do not
 properly initialize their structures, which could leak kernel data to user
 space.
Notes: 
 backport from dilinger; though it isn't quite what appears to have gone
 upstream:
   http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset@3fd7827aNFUTifwp7_u4babSUA8Bkg?nav=index.html|src/|src/drivers|src/drivers/sbus|src/drivers/sbus/char|related/drivers/sbus/char/rtc.c
  http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset@3ff8697bFIYfsvIbsqw27h6C_rbCEA?nav=index.html|src/|src/drivers|src/drivers/sbus|src/drivers/sbus/char|related/drivers/sbus/char/rtc.c
 jmm> This was fixed upstream in 2.4.24-rc1:
 jmm> | <trini:mvista.com>:
 jmm> | o /dev/rtc can leak parts of kernel memory to unpriviledged users
Bugs: 
upstream: released (2.4.24-rc1, 2.6.2)
linux-2.6: N/A
2.6.8-sarge-security: N/A
2.4.27-sarge-security: N/A
2.4.19-woody-security: released (2.4.19-4.woody3)
2.4.18-woody-security: released (2.4.18-14.4)
2.4.17-woody-security: released (2.4.17-1woody4)
2.4.16-woody-security: released (2.4.16-1woody3)
2.4.17-woody-security-hppa: released (32.5)
2.4.17-woody-security-ia64: released (011226.18)
2.4.18-woody-security-hppa: released (62.4)