Tracker / CVE-2012-6542
CVE-2012-6542
Low 1.9
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.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · … → 3.5.7 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux |
Analysis
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