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.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2013-10-16 20:53 | ALAS-2013-233 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |