Information disclosure in Linux Kernel

CVE-2012-3430

The rds_recvmsg function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0.44 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a (1) recvfrom or (2) recvmsg system call on an RDS socket.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.010 (57.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.