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CVE-2013-2148
The fill_event_metadata function in fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 does not initialize a certain…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.36%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 70% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The fill_event_metadata function in fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a read operation on the fanotify descriptor.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- USN-1929-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20130603 [patch] fanotify: info leak in copy_event_to_user() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:1473 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1971 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971258 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1930-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:1474 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130605 Re: CVE Request: Linux kernel: fanotify: info leak in copy_event_to_user (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-2113 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2013-2148)Record last updated .