CVE-2013-2148

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    CVE-2013-2148

    Published: 7 Jun 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The fill_event_metadata function in fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a read operation on the fanotify descriptor.

    References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1929-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1930-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971258, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html, http://lkml.org/lkml/2013/6/3/128, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/05/26

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High