CVE-2013-2164

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-07-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The mmc_ioctl_cdrom_read_data function in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c in the Linux kernel through 3.10 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a read operation on a malfunctioning CD-ROM drive.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 3.0-rc1, 3.0-rc2, 3.0-rc3, 3.0-rc4, 3.0-rc5, 3.0-rc6 (+234)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 5, 5.0, 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Mrg: 2.0

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c?id=050e4b8fb7cdd7096c987a9cd556029c622c7fe2
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1166.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/10/9
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1912-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1913-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1941-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1942-1

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