Information Exposure Affecting realtime-kernel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-REALTIMEKERNEL-9890107
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed15 Aug 2012

Introduced: 15 Aug 2012

CVE-2012-6539  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 realtime-kernel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream realtime-kernel package and not the realtime-kernel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

The dev_ifconf function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1