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CVE-2013-1928

Published: Apr 29, 2013

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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Description

The do_video_set_spu_palette function in fs/compat_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6.5 on unspecified architectures lacks a certain error check, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted VIDEO_SET_SPU_PALETTE ioctl call on a /dev/dvb device.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

openSUSE-SU-2013:0847

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/12176503366885edd542389eed3aaf94be163fdb

x_refsource_CONFIRM

[oss-security] 20130405 Re: CVE Request: kernel information leak in fs/compat_ioctl.c VIDEO_SET_SPU_PALETTE

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

SUSE-SU-2013:0856

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

[oss-security] 20130409 Re: CVE Request: kernel information leak in fs/compat_ioctl.c VIDEO_SET_SPU_PALETTE

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=949567

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=12176503366885edd542389eed3aaf94be163fdb

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.6.5

x_refsource_CONFIRM

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