CVE-2012-0957
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0957
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2012-0957.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2012-0957
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:12:00.132496Z
- Published
- 2012-12-21T11:47:35Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:12:00.132496Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/51409
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1644-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1645-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1646-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1647-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1648-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1649-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1652-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/09/4
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2702b1526c7278c4d65d78de209a465d4de2885e
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862877
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2702b1526c7278c4d65d78de209a465d4de2885e
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091110.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.16