Description
The irda_recvmsg_dgram function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5ae94c0d2f0bed41d6718be743985d61b7f5c47d
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5ae94c0d2f0bed41d6718be743985d61b7f5c47d
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103750.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104480.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1837-1
Vendor Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/14/107
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0007
EPSS Percentile
21.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (2)
linux/linux_kernel
3.9 rc1 (5 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
< 3.9
Published
Apr 22, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026