Information disclosure in Linux Kernel

CVE-2012-6536

net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not verify that the actual Netlink message length is consistent with a certain header field, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and providing a (1) new or (2) updated state.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.004 (29.6th 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)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)