# 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 init

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2013-06-07 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2015-1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1166.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/05/25
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1996-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1994-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1997-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971242
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2016-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2020-1
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2013/6/3/127
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2017-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2023-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2050-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1999-1
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2013/6/3/131
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html

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