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CVE-2013-2148 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html	CVE
http://lkml.org/lkml/2013/6/3/128	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971258	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/05/26	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1929-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1930-1	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html	[email protected]
http://lkml.org/lkml/2013/6/3/128	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971258	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/05/26	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1929-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1930-1	[email protected]

see all 16 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	<= 3.9.4 3.9 rc1 3.9 rc2 3.9 rc3 3.9 rc4
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc4:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc5:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc6:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc7:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

linux linux kernel

<= 3.9.4

3.9 rc1

3.9 rc2

3.9 rc3

3.9 rc4

CPE

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 2, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 7, 2013	Initial Analysis	[email protected]