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CVE-2013-2141
The do_tkill function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local…
Low2.1EPSS 0.59%
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- redhat
Description
The do_tkill function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application that makes a (1) tkill or (2) tgkill system call.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.59% · top 51% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
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References (12)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=970873 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1899-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:176 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130604 Re: CVE Request: kernel info leak in tkill/tgkill (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9e146d8eb3b9ecae5086d373b50fa0c1f3e7f0f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2766 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1971 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1801 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 55055 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b9e146d8eb3b9ecae5086d373b50fa0c1f3e7f0f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1900-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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