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CVE-2013-2148
Published: Jun 7, 2013
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The fill_event_metadata function in fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a read operation on the fanotify descriptor.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
USN-1929-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
[linux-kernel] 20130603 [patch] fanotify: info leak in copy_event_to_user()
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
SUSE-SU-2013:1473
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
openSUSE-SU-2013:1971
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971258
x_refsource_CONFIRM
USN-1930-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
SUSE-SU-2013:1474
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
[oss-security] 20130605 Re: CVE Request: Linux kernel: fanotify: info leak in copy_event_to_user
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
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