cve/2013/CVE-2013-2141.md

CVE-2013-2141

Description

The do_tkill function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application that makes a (1) tkill or (2) tgkill system call.

POC

Reference

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

Github

No PoCs found on GitHub currently.