Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,3.7.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005448
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed18 Feb 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Feb 2013

CVE-2012-4530  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 3.7.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The load_script function in fs/binfmt_script.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.2 does not properly handle recursion, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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