CVE - CVE-2012-6547

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-6547	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The __tun_chr_ioctl function in drivers/net/tun.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.
References
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CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a117dacde0288f3ec60b6e5bcedae8fa37ee0dfc CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a117dacde0288f3ec60b6e5bcedae8fa37ee0dfc CONFIRM:https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2013:176 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176~~ (Obsolete source) MLIST:[oss-security] 20130305 CVE Requests (maybe): Linux kernel: various info leaks, some NULL ptr derefs URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13 REDHAT:RHSA-2013:0744 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20130314	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20130314)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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