CVE-2013-3236

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-3236
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-04-22 11:41:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe vmci_transport_dgram_dequeue function in net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not properly 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/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 All rc6 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: Re: Linux kernel: more net info leak fixes for v3.9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
VSOCK: vmci - fix possible info leak in vmci_transport_dgram_dequeue() · torvalds/linux@680d04e · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Vendor Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
LKML: Linus Torvalds: Linux 3.9-rc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lkml.org Vendor Advisory
Linux Kernel CVE-2013-3236 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Re: Re: Linux kernel: more net info leak fixes for v3.9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: Re: Linux kernel: more net info leak fixes for v3.9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: Linux kernel: more net info leak fixes for v3.9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: Re: Linux kernel: more net info leak fixes for v3.9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/83698 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xforce.iss.net
oss-security - Linux kernel: more net info leak fixes for v3.9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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