CVE-2013-2634

low

Published 2013-03-22 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

1.9

Description

net/dcb/dcbnl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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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
linux-kernel		affected
linux-kernel	3.8.0	affected
linux-kernel	3.8.1	affected
linux-kernel	3.8.2	affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`3.2.41-2`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`3.2.41-2`
debian	forky	fixed	`3.2.41-2`
debian	sid	fixed	`3.2.41-2`
debian	trixie	fixed	`3.2.41-2`

References

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.