Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2012-0957
The override_release function in kernel/sys.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.16 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a uname system call in conjunction with a UNAME26 personality.
EPSS: 0.010 (57.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- security@ubuntu.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
- security@ubuntu.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)