Uninitialized Structure Member Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's fill_event_metadata Function

CVE-2013-2148 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

The fill_event_metadata function in fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a read operation on the fanotify descriptor.

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