SUSE CVE-2013-3236

The vmcitransportdgramdequeue function in net/vmwvsock/vmcitransport.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...

PT-2013-4242

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.9-rc7 Description The issue is related to the vmci transport dgram dequeue function in the Linux kernel, which does not properly initialize a certain length variable. This allows local users to obtain sensitive...