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CVE-2013-2237
The key_notify_policy_flush function in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9 does not initialize a certain structure member,…
Low2.1EPSS 0.54%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
The key_notify_policy_flush function in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by reading a broadcast message from the notify_policy interface of an IPSec key_socket.
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)
- 0.54% · top 55% of all CVEs (5 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
Affected products
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References (20)
- USN-1970-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1166 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130703 Re: CVE Request: Earlier AF_KEY in key_notify_policy_flush (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-1913-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:1473 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-1995-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1173 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-2766 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1971 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981220 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1998-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:1474 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-1973-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-1992-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/85dfb745ee40232876663ae206cba35f24ab2a40 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=85dfb745ee40232876663ae206cba35f24ab2a40 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1993-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.9.bz2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1912-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-1972-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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