CVE-2013-2147
Description
The HP Smart Array controller disk-array driver and Compaq SMART2 controller disk-array driver in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 do not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via (1) a crafted IDAGETPCIINFO command for a /dev/ida device, related to the ida_locked_ioctl function in drivers/block/cpqarray.c or (2) a crafted CCISS_PASSTHRU32 command for a /dev/cciss device, related to the cciss_ioctl32_passthru function in drivers/block/cciss.c.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| suse | 10 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.11.5-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.11.5-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.11.5-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.11.5-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.11.5-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | | |
| linux-kernel | 3.9 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 3.9.0 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 3.9.1 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 3.9.2 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 3.9.3 | affected | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2013/6/3/127
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2013/6/3/131
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1166.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/05/25
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1994-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1996-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1997-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1999-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2015-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2016-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2017-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2020-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2023-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2050-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971242
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2147
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.