CVE-2013-2237

The key_notify_policy_flush function in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local…

published July 4, 2013

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
44.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The key_notify_policy_flush function in net/key/af_key.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 notify_policy interface of an IPSec key_socket.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00536 · 44.4th percentile
Published
2013-07-04T21:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 JUL 21:00Z
    The key_notify_policy_flush function in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local…
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