CVE-2013-2141
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 7, 2013
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 19, 2013
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=970873
- USN-1899-1vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2013:176vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20130604 Re: CVE Request: kernel info leak in tkill/tgkillmailing-list
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9e146d8eb3b9ecae5086d373b50fa0c1f3e7f0f
- DSA-2766vendor-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.9
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1971vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2013:1801vendor-advisory
- 55055third-party-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b9e146d8eb3b9ecae5086d373b50fa0c1f3e7f0f
- USN-1900-1vendor-advisory
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