CVE-2013-7268
Kernel: net: information leak in recvmsg handler msg_name & msg_namelen logic
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · November 21, 2013
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
The ipx_recvmsg function in net/ipx/af_ipx.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length value without ensuring that an associated data structure has been initialized, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWE not specified