CVE-2013-3237 | BDVDB-2026-55579 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/14/107
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d5e0d0f607a7a029c6563a0470d88255c89a8d11
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d5e0d0f607a7a029c6563a0470d88255c89a8d11

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12013-04-22Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-16Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.