The crypto API in the Linux kernel through 3.9-rc8 does not initialize certain length variables, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call, related to the hash_recvmsg function in crypto/algif_hash.c and the skcipher_recvmsg function in crypto/algif_skcipher.c.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T16:00:09.757Z
Reserved: 2013-04-15T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2013-3076

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Status : Modified
Published: 2013-04-22T11:40:59.133
Modified: 2024-11-21T01:52:57.333
Link: CVE-2013-3076
