CVE-2012-6540
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6540
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2012-6540.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2012-6540
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2013-03-15T20:55:07Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:28Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The doipvsgetctl function in net/netfilter/ipvs/ipvsctl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure for IPVSSOGETTIMEOUT commands, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.
- References
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- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1792-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1798-1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2d8a041b7bfe1097af21441cb77d6af95f4f4680
- 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=2d8a041b7bfe1097af21441cb77d6af95f4f4680
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13