CVE - CVE-2012-3430

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-3430	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The rds_recvmsg function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0.44 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a (1) recvfrom or (2) recvmsg system call on an RDS socket.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:50633 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50633 MISC:50732 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50732 MISC:50811 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50811 MISC:RHSA-2012:1323 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2012:1679 URL:https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html MISC:USN-1567-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1567-1 MISC:USN-1568-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1568-1 MISC:USN-1572-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1572-1 MISC:USN-1575-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1575-1 MISC:USN-1577-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1577-1 MISC:USN-1578-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1578-1 MISC:USN-1579-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1579-1 MISC:USN-1580-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1580-1 MISC:[oss-security] 20120726 Re: CVE Request -- kernel: recv{from,msg}() on an rds socket can leak kernel memory URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/26/5 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=06b6a1cf6e776426766298d055bb3991957d90a7 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=06b6a1cf6e776426766298d055bb3991957d90a7 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.0.44 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.0.44 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820039 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820039 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/06b6a1cf6e776426766298d055bb3991957d90a7 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/06b6a1cf6e776426766298d055bb3991957d90a7
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20120614	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 (20120614)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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