CVE-2013-3229
N/A
Published: April 22, 2013 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:54 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
The iucv_sock_recvmsg function in net/iucv/af_iucv.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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1837-1
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a5598bd9c087dc0efc250a5221e5d0e6f584ee88Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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