fkie_cve-2012-6689
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2016-05-02 10:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Summary
The netlink_sendmsg function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 does not validate the dst_pid field, which allows local users to have an unspecified impact by spoofing Netlink messages.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107befPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422125983&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422925986&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.5Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/22/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72739Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848949Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107befThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107befPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422125983&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422925986&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.5Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/22/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72739Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848949Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107befThird Party Advisory
Impacted products



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