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CVE-2013-3076
Published: Apr 22, 2013
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The crypto API in the Linux kernel through 3.9-rc8 does not initialize certain length variables, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call, related to the hash_recvmsg function in crypto/algif_hash.c and the skcipher_recvmsg function in crypto/algif_skcipher.c.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
openSUSE-SU-2013:1187
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
FEDORA-2013-6537
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
FEDORA-2013-6999
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
USN-1837-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
[oss-security] 20130414 Linux kernel: more net info leak fixes for v3.9
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
SUSE-SU-2013:1182
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
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