CVE-2013-2546 Information

Description

The report API in the crypto user configuration API in the Linux kernel through 3.8.2 uses an incorrect C library function for copying strings which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9a5467bf7b6e9e02ec9c3da4e23747c05faeaac6 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1793-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1794-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1795-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1796-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1797-1 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9a5467bf7b6e9e02ec9c3da4e23747c05faeaac6