The vmci_transport_dgram_dequeue function in net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not properly initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2013-04-22T10:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T16:00:10.173Z
Reserved: 2013-04-21T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2013-3236
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2013-04-22T11:41:01.570
Modified: 2024-11-21T01:53:14.500
Link: CVE-2013-3236
Redhat