CVE-2012-6689
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 2, 2016 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:48 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
The netlink_sendmsg function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 does not validate the dst_pid field, which allows local users to have an unspecified impact by spoofing Netlink messages.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 3.0.443.1 ≤ v < 3.2.303.3 ≤ v < 3.4.123.5 ≤ v < 3.5.5
Affected range stops below 3.0.44, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.2.30, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.4.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.5.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107befMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422125983&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422925986&w=2x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.5Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/22/10VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72739x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848949x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107befCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284
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