The crypto API in the Linux kernel through 3.9-rc8 does not initialize certain length variables, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call, related to the hash_recvmsg function in crypto/algif_hash.c and the skcipher_recvmsg function in crypto/algif_skcipher.c.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2013-04-22T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:00:09.757Z

Reserved: 2013-04-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-3076

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-04-22T11:40:59.133

Modified: 2017-11-29T02:29:04.607

Link: CVE-2013-3076

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2013-04-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-3076 - Bugzilla