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.
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References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103750.html - | |
References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104480.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html - | |
References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3 - | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1837-1 - | |
References | () https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/72a763d805a48ac8c0bf48fdb510e84c12de51fe - |
Information
Published : 2013-04-22 11:40
Updated : 2024-11-21 01:52
NVD link : CVE-2013-3076
Mitre link : CVE-2013-3076
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2013-3076
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor