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CVE-2013-3237
Published: Apr 22, 2013
Modified: Sep 16, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The vsock_stream_sendmsg function in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.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.
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References
[linux-kernel] 20130414 Linux 3.9-rc7
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[oss-security] 20130414 Linux kernel: more net info leak fixes for v3.9
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