github - ghsa-hp2p-mwjj-9c92

ghsa-hp2p-mwjj-9c92

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-17 05:09

Modified

2025-04-11 04:08

Details

The do_ip_vs_get_ctl function in net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure for IP_VS_SO_GET_TIMEOUT commands, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

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CVE-2012-6540 (GCVE-0-2012-6540)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2013-03-14 20:00

Modified

2024-08-06 21:28

Severity ?

CWE

n/a

Summary

The do_ip_vs_get_ctl function in net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure for IP_VS_SO_GET_TIMEOUT commands, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

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URL

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	https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2d8a041b7bfe1097af21441cb77d6af95f4f4680	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1792-1	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2d8a041b7bfe1097af21441cb77d6af95f4f4680	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1798-1	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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