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CVE-2013-2148

Description

The fill_event_metadata function in fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a read operation on the fanotify descriptor.

Risk Information

Base Score
5.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.081

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Linux kernel (USN-1929-1) linux-image-3.2.0-52-generic_3.2.0-52.78_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-1929-1) linux-image-3.2.0-52-generic_3.2.0-52.78_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-1929-1) linux-image-3.2.0-52-virtual_3.2.0-52.78_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-1929-1) linux-image-3.2.0-52-virtual_3.2.0-52.78_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-1929-1) linux-image-3.2.0-52-generic-pae_3.2.0-52.78_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Quantal (USN-1931-1) linux-image-3.5.0-39-generic_3.5.0-39.60~precise1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Quantal (USN-1931-1) linux-image-3.5.0-39-generic_3.5.0-39.60~precise1_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Raring (USN-1936-1) linux-image-3.8.0-29-generic_3.8.0-29.42~precise1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Raring (USN-1936-1) linux-image-3.8.0-29-generic_3.8.0-29.42~precise1_amd64.debLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-26.el6uek update (ELSA-2014-3002) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-26.el6uek-0.4.2-3.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234