CVE-2013-2141

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.

Date published : 2013-06-07

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b9e146d8eb3b9ecae5086d373b50fa0c1f3e7f0f

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.9