CVE-2012-4508

CVE Details

Release Date:	2012-10-23
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

Race condition in fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.16 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from a deleted file by reading an extent that was not properly marked as uninitialized.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2012-1540	2012-12-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2012-1540-1	2012-12-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2013-2520	2013-04-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.26.2.el5uek)	ELSA-2013-2520	2013-04-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-1540-1	2012-12-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-308.24.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-1540	2012-12-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-400.26.2.el5uek)	ELSA-2013-2520	2013-04-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-1540-1	2012-12-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-308.24.1.el5)	ELSA-2012-1540	2012-12-04
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2013-0496	2013-02-27
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2013-2520	2013-04-24
Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.26.2.el6uek)	ELSA-2013-2520	2013-04-24
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-400.26.2.el6uek)	ELSA-2013-2520	2013-04-24