CVE-2012-6548

Low

Description

The udf_encode_fh function in fs/udf/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory via a crafted application.

SeverityLow
CVSS1.9
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMar 15, 2013
First seenMar 15, 2013

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 3.5.7, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.0.7, 3.0.8, 3.0.9, 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, 3.0.20, 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, 3.0.30, 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, 3.0.40, 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, 3.0.50, 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, 3.0.60, 3.0.61, 3.0.62, 3.0.63, 3.0.64, 3.0.65, 3.0.66, 3.0.67, 3.0.68, 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.1.5, 3.1.6, 3.1.7, 3.1.8, 3.1.9, 3.1.10, 3.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.6, 3.2.7, 3.2.8, 3.2.9, 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, 3.2.20, 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, 3.2.30, 3.3, 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, 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.4.4, 3.4.5, 3.4.6, 3.4.7, 3.4.8, 3.4.9, 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, 3.4.20, 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, 3.4.30, 3.4.31, 3.4.32, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.3, 3.5.4, 3.5.5, 3.5.6—
redhat enterprise_linux6.0—

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