FKIE_CVE-2013-2635

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-03-22 11:59 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:53
Severity
Summary
The rtnl_fill_ifinfo function in net/core/rtnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=84d73cd3fb142bf1298a8c13fd4ca50fd2432372
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/20/1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1809-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1811-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1812-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1813-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1814-1
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=923652
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/84d73cd3fb142bf1298a8c13fd4ca50fd2432372Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=84d73cd3fb142bf1298a8c13fd4ca50fd2432372
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4
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/2013/03/20/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1809-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1811-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1812-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1813-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1814-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=923652
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/84d73cd3fb142bf1298a8c13fd4ca50fd2432372Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel 3.8.0
linux linux_kernel 3.8.1
linux linux_kernel 3.8.2
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