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CVE-2013-2147

The HP Smart Array controller disk-array driver and Compaq SMART2 controller disk-array driver in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 do not initialize certain data…

Impact

The HP Smart Array controller disk-array driver and Compaq SMART2 controller disk-array driver in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 do not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via (1) a crafted IDAGETPCIINFO command for a /dev/ida device, related to the ida_locked_ioctl function in drivers/block/cpqarray.c or (2) a crafted CCISS_PASSTHRU32 command for a /dev/cciss device, related to the cciss_ioctl32_passthru function in drivers/block/cciss.c.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
through 3.9.4
Versions 3.9, 3.9.0, 3.9.1, 3.9.2, 3.9.3
SuseLinux Enterprise Server
Version 10

Weakness classification

CWE-399

References