CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
The vsock_stream_sendmsg function in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not 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.
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
linux | linux_kernel | * | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
linux | linux_kernel | 3.9 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
linux | linux_kernel | 3.9 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
linux | linux_kernel | 3.9 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
linux | linux_kernel | 3.9 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
linux | linux_kernel | 3.9 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |