SUSE CVE-2013-2237

The keynotifypolicyflush function in net/key/afkey.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by reading a broadcast message from the notifypolicy interface of an IPSec keysocket...

Kernel: net: af_key: initialize satype in key_notify_policy_flush

The keynotifypolicyflush function in net/key/afkey.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by reading a broadcast message from the notifypolicy interface of an IPSec keysocket...

PT-2013-3612 · Linux +3 · Linux Kernel +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 3.9 Description: The issue concerns the key notify policy flush function in the Linux kernel, which fails to initialize a certain structure member. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information from...