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CVE-2013-2548
Published: Mar 14, 2013
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The crypto_report_one function in crypto/crypto_user.c in the report API in the crypto user configuration API in the Linux kernel through 3.8.2 uses an incorrect length value during a copy operation, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
USN-1796-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
MDVSA-2013:176
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
USN-1797-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
[oss-security] 20130305 CVE Requests (maybe): Linux kernel: various info leaks, some NULL ptr derefs
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
USN-1793-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
openSUSE-SU-2013:1971
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-1794-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-1795-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
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