FKIE_CVE-2013-2141
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-06-07 14:03 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:52
Severity
Summary
The do_tkill function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application that makes a (1) tkill or (2) tgkill system call.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.8.0 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.8.1 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.8.2 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.8.3 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.8.4 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.8.5 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.8.6 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.8.7 |
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