Uninitialized Structure Member Vulnerability in l2tp_ip6_recvmsg Function

CVE-2013-3230 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The l2tp_ip6_recvmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

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