Information Exposure Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.32-400.29.1.el5uek
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2479242
- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 15 Mar 2013
Introduced: 15 Mar 2013
CVE-2012-6542 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:2.6.32-400.29.1.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2013-2534.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-debug package and not the kernel-uek-debug package as distributed by Oracle.
See How to fix? for Oracle:5 relevant fixed versions and status.
The llc_ui_getname function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 has an incorrect return value in certain circumstances, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application that leverages an uninitialized pointer argument.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2012-6542.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-0747.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-0747-1.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-2525.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-2534.html
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3592aaeb80290bda0f2cf0b5456c97bfc638b192
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3592aaeb80290bda0f2cf0b5456c97bfc638b192
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1805-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1808-1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3592aaeb80290bda0f2cf0b5456c97bfc638b192