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CVE-2012-6542

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Date: March 14, 2013

The llc_ui_getname function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 has an incorrect return value in certain circumstances, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application that leverages an uninitialized pointer argument.

Language: C

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Related Resources (11)

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3592aaeb80290bda0f2cf0b5456c97bfc638b192
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6542
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6542
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3592aaeb80290bda0f2cf0b5456c97bfc638b192
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1808-1
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-6542
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1805-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-6542

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Information Leak / Disclosure

CWE-200

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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