Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,3.13.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005495
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed28 Feb 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Feb 2014

CVE-2014-2038  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 3.13.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The nfs_can_extend_write function in fs/nfs/write.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.3 relies on a write delegation to extend a write operation without a certain up-to-date verification, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory in opportunistic circumstances by writing to a file in an NFS filesystem and then reading the same file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1