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CVE Request: Earlier AF_KEY in key_notify_policy_flush


From: Marcus Meissner <meissner () suse de>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 11:02:13 +0200

Hi,

Michal Hocko identified an earlier patch for an AF_KEY information leak,
in nearly the same place as CVE-2013-2234.

Due to different time of fix and different researcher probably
needs a new CVE.

Ciao, Marcus

commit 85dfb745ee40232876663ae206cba35f24ab2a40
Author: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel () 6wind com>
Date:   Mon Feb 18 16:24:20 2013 +0100

    af_key: initialize satype in key_notify_policy_flush()
    
    This field was left uninitialized. Some user daemons perform check against this
    field.
    
    Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel () 6wind com>
    Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert () secunet com>


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