cve/2013/CVE-2013-2237.md

### [CVE-2013-2237](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2237)
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### Description

The key_notify_policy_flush function in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by reading a broadcast message from the notify_policy interface of an IPSec key_socket.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1973-1

#### Github
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