Description
kernel/taskstats.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by sending taskstats commands to a netlink socket, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another user's password.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/1 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48898 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1a51410abe7d0ee4b1d112780f46df87d3621043 ↗
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1a51410abe7d0ee4b1d112780f46df87d3621043 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716842 ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1 ↗