462766 – (CVE-2013-2635) Kernel : Information leak in the RTNETLINK component (CVE-2013-2635)

Bug 462766 (CVE-2013-2635) - Kernel : Information leak in the RTNETLINK component (CVE-2013-2635)

Summary: Kernel : Information leak in the RTNETLINK component (CVE-2013-2635)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	CVE-2013-2635

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Security

URL:	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug....
Whiteboard:	[<3.8.4]
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Reported:	2013-03-23 11:06 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified:	2021-10-25 00:30 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2013-03-23 11:06:55 UTC

From $URL :

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2013-2635 to the following 
vulnerability:

The rtnl_fill_ifinfo function in net/core/rtnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not 
initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information 
from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

References:
[1] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2635
[2] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/20/1
[3] 
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=84d73cd3fb142bf1298a8c13fd4ca50fd2432372
[4] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4
[5] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=923652
[6] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/84d73cd3fb142bf1298a8c13fd4ca50fd2432372

Comment 1 John Helmert III archtester

2021-10-25 00:30:43 UTC

Patch in mainline 3.9 onwards