CVE-2013-2237 | BDVDB-2026-56432 Detail
Description#
The key_notify_policy_flush function in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by reading a broadcast message from the notify_policy interface of an IPSec key_socket.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1970-1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1166.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/04/3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1913-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1995-1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1173.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981220
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1998-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1973-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1992-1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/85dfb745ee40232876663ae206cba35f24ab2a40
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.