CVE-2013-7281

Description

The dgram_recvmsg function in net/ieee802154/dgram.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length value without ensuring that an associated data structure has been initialized, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bceaa90240b6019ed73b49965eac7d167610be69

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90222

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035875

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2110-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2109-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2108-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2107-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029566

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64747

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/28/13

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.4

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bceaa90240b6019ed73b49965eac7d167610be69

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3