CVE-2012-6538
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6538
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2012-6538.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2012-6538
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:12:00.885583Z
- Published
- 2013-03-15T20:55:07Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:12:00.885583Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The copytouserauth function in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 uses an incorrect C library function for copying a string, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability.
- References
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4c87308bdea31a7b4828a51f6156e6f721a1fcc9
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4c87308bdea31a7b4828a51f6156e6f721a1fcc9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13