Tracker / CVE-2012-6541
CVE-2012-6541
Low 1.9
The ccid3_hc_tx_getsockopt function in net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · … → 3.5.7 |
Analysis
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