The mISDN_sock_recvmsg function in drivers/isdn/mISDN/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 does not ensure that a certain length…

Description

The mISDN_sock_recvmsg function in drivers/isdn/mISDN/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 does not ensure that a certain length value is consistent with the size of an associated data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.43% · top 62% of all CVEs (5 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 (18)

• USN-2135-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2138-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039845 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-2110-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2129-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2136-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2128-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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
• USN-2117-1 (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=f3d3342602f8bcbf37d7c46641cb9bca7618eb1c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 56036 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-2109-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20131231 Re: CVE request: Linux kernel: net: memory leak in recvmsg handlermsg_name & msg_namelen logic (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f3d3342602f8bcbf37d7c46641cb9bca7618eb1c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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.