Description (CNA)
The fill_event_metadata function in fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a read operation on the fanotify descriptor.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1929-1
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2013/6/3/128
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971258
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1930-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/05/26
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1929-1
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2013/6/3/128
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971258
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1930-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/05/26