6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access 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
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.4%
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.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
linux_kernel | le | 3.9 | |
linux_kernel | eq | 3.9 rc4 | |
linux_kernel | eq | 3.9 rc5 | |
linux_kernel | eq | 3.9 rc3 | |
linux_kernel | eq | 3.9 rc2 | |
linux_kernel | eq | 3.9 rc1 |