The Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates certain length values before ensuring that associated data structures have been initialized, which…

Description

The Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates certain length values before ensuring that associated data structures have 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, related to net/ipv4/ping.c, net/ipv4/raw.c, net/ipv4/udp.c, net/ipv6/raw.c, and net/ipv6/udp.c.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.46% · top 60% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (26)

• USN-2135-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:0159 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-2138-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2108-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:0285 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-2113-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2141-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:0736 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-2110-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20140107 oss-sec: CVE split and a missed file (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• USN-2136-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:0652 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-2139-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bceaa90240b6019ed73b49965eac7d167610be69 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-2117-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035875 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:0481 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 56036 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2015:0566 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-2109-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2014:0459 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-2107-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bceaa90240b6019ed73b49965eac7d167610be69 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20131128 Re: CVE Request: Linux kernel: net: uninitialised memory leakage (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 55882 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 18:01 UTC.