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USN-1992-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

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USN-1992-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
07/04/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/08/2014
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

The key_notify_policy_flush function in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by reading a broadcast message from the notify_policy interface of an IPSec key_socket.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-55-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-55-generic-pae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-55-highbank
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-55-omap
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-55-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-55-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-55-virtual

References

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