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Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:29:57 -0600
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: P J P <ppandit@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: CVE Request: Linux kernel: fanotify: info leak
in copy_event_to_user
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On 06/05/2013 01:53 AM, P J P wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Linux kernel built with the Filesystem wide access notification
> (CONFIG_FANOTIFY) support is vulnerable to an information leakage
> flaw. The leaked bytes could be accessed via read(2) call on the
> fanotify descriptor.
>
> A user/program could use this flaw to leak kernel memory bytes.
>
> Upstream fix: ------------- -> https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/6/3/128
>
> Thank you. -- Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Security Response Team DB7A
> 84C5 D3F9 7CD1 B5EB C939 D048 7860 3655 602B
Please use CVE-2013-2148 for this issue.
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Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
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