CVE-2012-6541

Published: Mar 14, 2013

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The ccid3_hc_tx_getsockopt function in net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7b07f8eb75aa3097cdfd4f6eac3da49db787381d

x_refsource_CONFIRM

[oss-security] 20130305 CVE Requests (maybe): Linux kernel: various info leaks, some NULL ptr derefs

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7b07f8eb75aa3097cdfd4f6eac3da49db787381d

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Security Training

Train your team to recognize and prevent security threats with our comprehensive security awareness program.

Start Training

Vulnerability Scanning

Discover vulnerabilities in your applications and infrastructure before attackers do.

Scan Now

CVE-2012-6541

Description

Affected Products

References