CVE-2013-0349 Information

Description

The hidp_setup_hid function in net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.6 does not properly copy a certain name field which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by setting a long name and making an HIDPCONNADD ioctl call.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0a9ab9bdb3e891762553f667066190c1d22ad62b http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.6 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/23/3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1805-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1808-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=914298 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0a9ab9bdb3e891762553f667066190c1d22ad62b