CVE-2013-2141
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-06-07 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 15:27
Severity ?
Summary
The do_tkill function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application that makes a (1) tkill or (2) tgkill system call.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b9e146d8eb3b9ecae5086d373b50fa0c1f3e7f0f
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1801.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/55055
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.9
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/04/10
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1899-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1900-1
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=970873
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9e146d8eb3b9ecae5086d373b50fa0c1f3e7f0fExploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b9e146d8eb3b9ecae5086d373b50fa0c1f3e7f0f
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1801.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/55055
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.9
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/04/10
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1899-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1900-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=970873
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9e146d8eb3b9ecae5086d373b50fa0c1f3e7f0fExploit, Patch
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