Bug 970873 (CVE-2013-2141) - CVE-2013-2141 Kernel: signal: information leak in tkill/tgkill
Summary: CVE-2013-2141 Kernel: signal: information leak in tkill/tgkill
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2013-2141
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 970874 970875 970876 970878 970879 970880
Blocks: 970311
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-06-05 07:00 UTC by Prasad Pandit
Modified: 2021-02-17 07:39 UTC (History)
25 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2014-11-21 10:37:27 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:1264 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update 2013-09-16 21:01:17 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:1292 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update 2013-09-26 21:19:22 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:1801 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2013-12-13 00:23:10 UTC

Description Prasad Pandit 2013-06-05 07:00:26 UTC
Linux kernel which supports tkill/tgkill routines is vulnerable to an
information leakage flaw. It occurs when routine tkill(2) or tgkill(2) is used
send signal to thread.

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

Upstream fix:
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 -> https://git.kernel.org/linus/b9e146d8eb3b9ecae5086d373b50fa0c1f3e7f0f

Reference:
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 -> http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/02/1

Comment 1 Prasad Pandit 2013-06-05 07:02:37 UTC
Statement:

(none)

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2013-09-16 17:05:50 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  MRG for RHEL-6 v.2

Via RHSA-2013:1264 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1264.html

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2013-09-26 17:21:58 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2013:1292 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1292.html

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2013-12-12 19:23:59 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2013:1801 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1801.html


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