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CVE-2012-6538

N/A

Published: March 14, 2013 at 08:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:48 PM UTC

2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelEnterprise Linux

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.3%

Description

The copy_to_user_auth function in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.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 CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

v ≤ 3.5.73.0 rc1 3.0 rc2 3.0 rc3 3.0 rc4 3.0 rc5 3.0 rc6 3.0 rc7 3.0.1 3.0.10 3.0.11 3.0.12 3.0.13 3.0.14 3.0.15 3.0.16 3.0.17 3.0.18 3.0.19 3.0.2 3.0.20 3.0.21 3.0.22 3.0.23 3.0.24 3.0.25 3.0.26 3.0.27 3.0.28 3.0.29 3.0.3 3.0.30 3.0.31 3.0.32 3.0.33 3.0.34 3.0.35 3.0.36 3.0.37 3.0.38 3.0.39 3.0.4 3.0.40 3.0.41 3.0.42 3.0.43 3.0.44 3.0.45 3.0.46 3.0.47 3.0.48 3.0.49 3.0.5 3.0.50 3.0.51 3.0.52 3.0.53 3.0.54 3.0.55 3.0.56 3.0.57 3.0.58 3.0.59 3.0.6 3.0.60 3.0.61 3.0.62 3.0.63 3.0.64 3.0.65 3.0.66 3.0.67 3.0.68 3.0.7 3.0.8 3.0.9 3.1 3.1 rc1 3.1 rc2 3.1 rc3 3.1 rc4 3.1.1 3.1.10 3.1.2 3.1.3 3.1.4 3.1.5 3.1.6 3.1.7 3.1.8 3.1.9 3.2 3.2 rc2 3.2 rc3 3.2 rc4 3.2 rc5 3.2 rc6 3.2 rc7 3.2.1 3.2.10 3.2.11 3.2.12 3.2.13 3.2.14 3.2.15 3.2.16 3.2.17 3.2.18 3.2.19 3.2.2 3.2.20 3.2.21 3.2.22 3.2.23 3.2.24 3.2.25 3.2.26 3.2.27 3.2.28 3.2.29 3.2.3 3.2.30 3.2.4 3.2.5 3.2.6 3.2.7 3.2.8 3.2.9 3.3 3.3 rc1 3.3 rc2 3.3 rc3 3.3 rc4 3.3 rc5 3.3 rc6 3.3 rc7 3.3.1 3.3.2 3.3.3 3.3.4 3.3.5 3.3.6 3.3.7 3.3.8 3.4 3.4 rc1 3.4 rc2 3.4 rc3 3.4 rc4 3.4 rc5 3.4 rc6 3.4 rc7 3.4.1 3.4.10 3.4.11 3.4.12 3.4.13 3.4.14 3.4.15 3.4.16 3.4.17 3.4.18 3.4.19 3.4.2 3.4.20 3.4.21 3.4.22 3.4.23 3.4.24 3.4.25 3.4.26 3.4.27 3.4.28 3.4.29 3.4.3 3.4.30 3.4.31 3.4.32 3.4.4 3.4.5 3.4.6 3.4.7 3.4.8 3.4.9 3.5.1 3.5.2 3.5.3 3.5.4 3.5.5 3.5.6

Enterprise Linux · Red Hatrpm

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (5)

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4c87308bdea31a7b4828a51f6156e6f721a1fcc9

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Source: [email protected]

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4c87308bdea31a7b4828a51f6156e6f721a1fcc9

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch

Source: [email protected]

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2

CVSS

1.9LOW[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-200

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