CVE-2012-6542
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2012-08-15 |
Description
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.
See more information about CVE-2012-6542 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: | 1.9 | Base Metrics: | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector: | Local network | Attack Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None required | Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None | Availability Impact: | None |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel) | ELSA-2013-0747 | 2013-04-16 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel) | ELSA-2013-0747-1 | 2013-04-16 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2013-2525 | 2013-06-12 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2013-2534 | 2013-06-11 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.29.1.el5uek) | ELSA-2013-2534 | 2013-06-11 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-348.4.1.0.1.el5) | ELSA-2013-0747-1 | 2013-04-16 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-348.4.1.el5) | ELSA-2013-0747 | 2013-04-16 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-400.29.1.el5uek) | ELSA-2013-2534 | 2013-06-11 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-348.4.1.0.1.el5) | ELSA-2013-0747-1 | 2013-04-16 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-348.4.1.el5) | ELSA-2013-0747 | 2013-04-16 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel) | ELSA-2013-1645 | 2013-11-25 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2013-2525 | 2013-06-12 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2013-2534 | 2013-06-11 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.29.1.el6uek) | ELSA-2013-2534 | 2013-06-11 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-400.29.1.el6uek) | ELSA-2013-2534 | 2013-06-11 |
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