Description
The isofs_export_encode_fh function in fs/isofs/export.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory via a crafted application.
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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1812-1 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1829-1 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13 ↗
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fe685aabf7c8c9f138e5ea900954d295bf229175 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1809-1 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1814-1 ↗
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fe685aabf7c8c9f138e5ea900954d295bf229175 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1813-1 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1811-1 ↗