cve/2013/CVE-2013-3228.md

### [CVE-2013-3228](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-3228)
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### Description

The irda_recvmsg_dgram function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176

#### Github
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