CVE-2013-3228 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2013-3228?

CVE-2013-3228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 Apr 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The irda_recvmsg_dgram function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-3228?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2013-3228?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2013-3228 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-3228 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-2013-3228, GHSA-f46v-7p7j-hx8m.