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CVE-2012-4508
Published: Dec 21, 2012
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Race condition in fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.16 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from a deleted file by reading an extent that was not properly marked as uninitialized.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
RHSA-2012:1540
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2013:0496
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2013:1783
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.16
x_refsource_CONFIRM
USN-1645-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-1899-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
RHSA-2013:1519
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
SUSE-SU-2012:1679
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
FEDORA-2012-17479
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869904
x_refsource_CONFIRM
[oss-security] 20121025 CVE-2012-4508 -- kernel: ext4: AIO vs fallocate stale data exposure
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
USN-1900-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
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