CVEvulnerability

CVE-2013-3232

4.9 MEDIUM Published 2013-04-22 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2013-04-22
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Description

The nr_recvmsg function in net/netrom/af_netrom.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 3.9) • linux linux kernel 3.9

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References