CVE-2012-6547
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Summary
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.
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://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a117dacde0288f3ec60b6e5bcedae8fa37ee0dfc
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a117dacde0288f3ec60b6e5bcedae8fa37ee0dfc
References
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a117dacde0288f3ec60b6e5bcedae8fa37ee0dfc
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a117dacde0288f3ec60b6e5bcedae8fa37ee0dfc
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