Information disclosure in Linux Kernel
CVE-2012-6549
The isofs_export_encode_fh function in fs/isofs/export.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory via a crafted application.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
EPSS: 0.004 (32.1th 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
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)