CVE-2012-6537
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Summary
net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f778a636713a435d3a922c60b1622a91136560c1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7b789836f434c87168eab067cfbed1ec4783dffd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1792-1
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1f86840f897717f86d523a13e99a447e6a5d2fa5
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1798-1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1f86840f897717f86d523a13e99a447e6a5d2fa5
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f778a636713a435d3a922c60b1622a91136560c1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7b789836f434c87168eab067cfbed1ec4783dffd
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f778a636713a435d3a922c60b1622a91136560c1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7b789836f434c87168eab067cfbed1ec4783dffd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1792-1
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1f86840f897717f86d523a13e99a447e6a5d2fa5
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1798-1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1f86840f897717f86d523a13e99a447e6a5d2fa5
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f778a636713a435d3a922c60b1622a91136560c1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7b789836f434c87168eab067cfbed1ec4783dffd
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