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CVE-2013-3227

Published: Apr 22, 2013

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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Description

The caif_seqpkt_recvmsg function in net/caif/caif_socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

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

References

openSUSE-SU-2013:1187

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_MANDRIVA

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

[linux-kernel] 20130414 Linux 3.9-rc7

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

[oss-security] 20130414 Linux kernel: more net info leak fixes for v3.9

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

openSUSE-SU-2013:1971

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2d6fbfe733f35c6b355c216644e08e149c61b271

x_refsource_CONFIRM

SUSE-SU-2013:1182

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2d6fbfe733f35c6b355c216644e08e149c61b271

x_refsource_CONFIRM

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