ghsa-vwvf-8m35-552r
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 01:08
Modified
2025-04-11 04:08
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2012-6542"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-200"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2013-03-15T20:55:00Z",
    "severity": "LOW"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-vwvf-8m35-552r",
  "modified": "2025-04-11T04:08:26Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T01:08:02Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6542"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3592aaeb80290bda0f2cf0b5456c97bfc638b192"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3592aaeb80290bda0f2cf0b5456c97bfc638b192"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3592aaeb80290bda0f2cf0b5456c97bfc638b192"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1805-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1808-1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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