CVE-2013-2147
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- 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