CVE-2013-3233
The llcp_sock_recvmsg function in net/nfc/llcp/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable and a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 32% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-200
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d26d6504f23e803824e8ebd14e52d4fc0a0b09cb
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103750.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104480.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176