CVE-2013-3236
Publication date 22 April 2013
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
The vmci_transport_dgram_dequeue function in net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not properly 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.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
---|---|---|
linux | ||
linux-armadaxp | ||
linux-ec2 | ||
linux-fsl-imx51 | ||
linux-linaro-omap | ||
linux-linaro-shared | ||
linux-linaro-vexpress | ||
linux-lts-backport-maverick | ||
linux-lts-backport-oneiric | ||
linux-lts-quantal | ||
linux-lts-raring | ||
linux-mvl-dove | ||
linux-qcm-msm | ||
linux-ti-omap4 | ||
Notes
References
Other references
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/14/107
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/680d04e0ba7e926233e3b9cee59125ce181f66ba
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=680d04e0ba7e926233e3b9cee59125ce181f66ba
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-3236