CVE-2013-2147 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2013-2147?

CVE-2013-2147 is a low-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 Jun 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2147?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Linux kernel, Suse Linux Enterprise Server.

How do I fix CVE-2013-2147?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2013-2147 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2147 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

• CVE-2026-53266 Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2147, GHSA-c99v-g47p-v8gp.