Summary: | Kernel : information leak in AF_KEY notify messages (CVE-2013-2234) | ||
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Product: | Gentoo Security | Reporter: | Agostino Sarubbo <ago> |
Component: | Kernel | Assignee: | Gentoo Kernel Security <security-kernel> |
Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
Severity: | normal | CC: | kernel |
Priority: | Normal | ||
Version: | unspecified | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
URL: | http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/01/5 | ||
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Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- |
Description
Agostino Sarubbo
2013-07-03 09:06:34 UTC
Present in 3.10; added to genpatches for 3.9.9, as it is not in stable queue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r2428 | tomwij | 2013-07-03 16:25:51 +0200 (Wed, 03 Jul 2013) | 1 line Applied af_key info leak security fix for bug #475604 to 3.9 branch. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Checked the LTS branches as well now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r2429 | tomwij | 2013-07-03 16:52:52 +0200 (Wed, 03 Jul 2013) | 1 line Applied af_key info leak security fix for bug #475604 to branches 3.0, 3.2 and 3.4. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CVE-2013-2234 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2234): The (1) key_notify_sa_flush and (2) key_notify_policy_flush functions in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10 do not initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by reading a broadcast message from the notify interface of an IPSec key_socket. Fix in 3.4.55 onward |