Description
net/bridge/br_mdb.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel 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
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c085c49920b2f900ba716b4ca1c1a55ece9872cc ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=923652 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c085c49920b2f900ba716b4ca1c1a55ece9872cc ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/20/1 ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4 ↗