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USN-1929-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

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USN-1929-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Published

06/07/2013

Created

07/25/2018

Added

04/08/2014

Modified

07/09/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-52-generic
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-52-generic-pae
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-52-highbank
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-52-omap
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-52-powerpc-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-52-powerpc64-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-52-virtual

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2013-2148
CVE - 2013-2148
USN-1929-1

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