Published: 15/03/2013 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 1.9 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.4

VMScore: 170

Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

The llc_ui_getname function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel prior to 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.

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redhat enterprise linux 6.0
redhat enterprise linux 5

Synopsis Important: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, address severalhundred bugs, and add numerous enhancements are now available as part ofthe ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enter ...

Synopsis Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and three bugs arenow available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity im ...

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service, information leak or privilege escalation The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2012-2121 Benjamin Herrenschmidt and Jason Baron discovered issues with the IOMMU mapping of memory slots us ...

The system could be made to run actions or potentially programs as an administrator ...

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...

The system could be made to perform privileged actions as an administrator ...

CWE-200 https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3592aaeb80290bda0f2cf0b5456c97bfc638b192 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1805-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1808-1 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3592aaeb80290bda0f2cf0b5456c97bfc638b192 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1645 https://nvd.nist.gov https://usn.ubuntu.com/1599-1/https://www.debian.org/security/./dsa-2668

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