Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24760Information Disclosure
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
34.3%
kernel is vulnerable to information disclosure. The vulnerability exists as flaws were found in the tpacket_rcv() and packet_recvmsg() functions in the Linux kernel. A local, unprivileged user could use these flaws to leak information to user-space.
References
ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.3
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=13fcb7bd322164c67926ffe272846d4860196dc6
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=13fcb7bd322164c67926ffe272846d4860196dc6
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/03/7
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1350
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728023
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.1_Technical_Notes/kernel.html#RHSA-2011-1350
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/13fcb7bd322164c67926ffe272846d4860196dc6
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1241.html
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