CVE-2012-4508

CVE Details

Release Date:2012-10-23

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.

See more information about CVE-2012-4508 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 4.9 Base Metrics: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Access Vector: Local network Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: Complete
Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: None

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2012-15402012-12-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2012-1540-12012-12-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2013-25202013-04-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.26.2.el5uek)ELSA-2013-25202013-04-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2012-1540-12012-12-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-308.24.1.el5)ELSA-2012-15402012-12-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-400.26.2.el5uek)ELSA-2013-25202013-04-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2012-1540-12012-12-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-308.24.1.el5)ELSA-2012-15402012-12-04
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)ELSA-2013-04962013-02-27
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2013-25202013-04-24
Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.26.2.el6uek)ELSA-2013-25202013-04-24
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-400.26.2.el6uek)ELSA-2013-25202013-04-24



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