| Name | CVE-2013-2148 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2745-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.234-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.129-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.135-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.12.25-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.12.27-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | 3.2.46-1+deb7u1 | | DSA-2745-1 | |
| linux | source | (unstable) | 3.9.8-1 | low | | |
| linux-2.6 | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | low | | |
Notes
[squeeze] - linux-2.6 <not-affected> (fanotify introduced in 2.6.36)