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CVE-2012-3430

The rds_recvmsg function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0.44 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows lo

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Summary

The rds_recvmsg function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0.44 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a (1) recvfrom or (2) recvmsg system call on an RDS socket.

Timeline

  1. Public exploit on Exploit-DB

    EDB-37543

  2. CVE published
  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 19

ubuntu.com

secunia.com

kernel.org

git.kernel.org

rhn.redhat.com

bugzilla.redhat.com

suse.com

GitHub · torvalds/linux

openwall.com

Exploit-DB