cve/2013/CVE-2013-7265.md

CVE-2013-7265

Description

The pn_recvmsg function in net/phonet/datagram.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length value before ensuring that an associated data structure has 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.

POC

Reference

• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1

Github

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