Kernel: signal: information leak in tkill/tgkill

The dotkill function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application that makes a 1 tkill or 2 tgkill system call...

DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2141

The dotkill function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application that makes a 1 tkill or 2 tgkill system call...