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Kernel: net: information leak in recvmsg handler msg_name & msg_namelen logic

Published Jan 6, 2014

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.

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Red Hat statement

This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 6, 2014
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jan 5, 2014
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Low
Public date Nov 21, 2013