CVE-2013-2141
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2141
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2013-2141.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2013-2141
- Downstream
DEBIAN (1)
SUSE (1)
UBUNTU (1)
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:12:09Z
- Published
- 2013-06-07T14:03:18Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:12:09Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The do_tkill function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application that makes a (1) tkill or (2) tgkill system call.
- References
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1801.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55055
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1899-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1900-1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b9e146d8eb3b9ecae5086d373b50fa0c1f3e7f0f
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=970873
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b9e146d8eb3b9ecae5086d373b50fa0c1f3e7f0f
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/04/10