Description (CNA)
The llc_ui_getname function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 has an incorrect return value in certain circumstances, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application that leverages an uninitialized pointer argument.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3592aaeb80290bda0f2cf0b5456c97bfc638b192
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1805-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1808-1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3592aaeb80290bda0f2cf0b5456c97bfc638b192
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3592aaeb80290bda0f2cf0b5456c97bfc638b192
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1805-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1808-1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3592aaeb80290bda0f2cf0b5456c97bfc638b192
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2