CVE-2013-3076

UNKNOWN

The crypto API in the Linux kernel through 3

Published Apr 22, 2013

Modified 1 years ago

Details

The crypto API in the Linux kernel through 3.9-rc8 does not initialize certain length variables, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call, related to the hash_recvmsg function in crypto/algif_hash.c and the skcipher_recvmsg function in crypto/algif_skcipher.c.

References

ADVISORY

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103750.html

ADVISORY

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104480.html

ADVISORY

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html

ADVISORY

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html

WEB

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3

ADVISORY