CVE - CVE-2012-6542

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-6542	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3592aaeb80290bda0f2cf0b5456c97bfc638b192 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3592aaeb80290bda0f2cf0b5456c97bfc638b192 CONFIRM:https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2 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-2013:1645 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html UBUNTU:USN-1805-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1805-1 UBUNTU:USN-1808-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1808-1
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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