Description
net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not verify that the actual Netlink message length is consistent with a certain header field, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and providing a (1) new or (2) updated state.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ecd7918745234e423dd87fcc0c077da557909720
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2
Scores
EPSS
0.0007
EPSS Percentile
22.2%
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (44)
linux/linux_kernel
3.0 rc1 (7 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.1
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.2
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.3
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.4
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.5
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.6
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.7
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.8
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.9
... and 34 more
Published
Mar 15, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026