Description
The bt_sock_recvmsg function in net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not properly initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103750.html ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4683f42fde3977bdb4e8a09622788cc8b5313778 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104480.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1837-1 ↗
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/14/107 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html ↗
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4683f42fde3977bdb4e8a09622788cc8b5313778 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html ↗