Bug 956158 (CVE-2013-3237) - CVE-2013-3237 kernel: VSOCK: Fix missing msg_namelen update in vsock_stream_recvmsg
Summary: CVE-2013-3237 kernel: VSOCK: Fix missing msg_namelen update in vsock_stream_...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2013-3237
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 858947
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Reported: 2013-04-24 11:11 UTC by Prasad Pandit
Modified: 2021-02-17 07:46 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2014-06-09 17:47:08 UTC
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Description Prasad Pandit 2013-04-24 11:11:14 UTC 
Linux kernel built with the Virtual Socket protocol(CONFIG_VSOCKETS)
support is vulnerable to an information leakage flaw. It occurs while
receiving messages via recvmsg(2) call.

A user/program could use this flaw to leak kernel memory bytes.

Upstream fix:
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 -> http://git.kernel.org/linus/d5e0d0f607a7a029c6563a0470d88255c89a8d11

Reference:
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 -> http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3
Comment 1 Prasad Pandit 2013-04-24 11:13:17 UTC 
Statement:

This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.
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