CVE-2013-2148

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-2148
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-06-07 14:03:19 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.9 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.9 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.9 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.9 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.9 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.9 rc6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.9 rc7 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.9.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.9.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.9.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.9.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:1474-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Linux kernel: fanotify: info leak in copy_event_to_user af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
openSUSE-SU-2013:1971-1: moderate: kernel: security and bugfix update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Bug 971258 – CVE-2013-2148 Kernel: fanotify: info leak in copy_event_to_user af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:1473-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
USN-1930-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
LKML: Dan Carpenter: [patch] fanotify: info leak in copy_event_to_user() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lkml.org
USN-1929-1: Linux kernel vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
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CVE-2013-2148 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
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