Description
The Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates certain length values before ensuring that associated data structures have been initialized, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call, related to net/ipv4/ping.c, net/ipv4/raw.c, net/ipv4/udp.c, net/ipv6/raw.c, and net/ipv6/udp.c.
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://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0159.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2108-1 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0285.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2110-1 ↗
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/29 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1 ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.4 ↗
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bceaa90240b6019ed73b49965eac7d167610be69 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035875 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56036 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2109-1 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00026.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2107-1 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bceaa90240b6019ed73b49965eac7d167610be69 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/28/13 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55882 ↗