PT-2012-5415 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Mikulas Patocka · CVE-2012-4467 · Published 2012-10-10 · Updated 2023-02-13

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.5.4

Description The issue affects the Linux kernel, where the do siocgstamp and do siocgstampns functions in net/socket.c use an incorrect argument order. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash, via a crafted ioctl call.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.5.4, update to version 3.5.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4467

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 6

• 🔥 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ed6fe9d614fc1bca95eb8c0ccd0e92db00ef9d5d · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4467 · Security Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ed6fe9d614fc1bca95eb8c0ccd0e92db00ef9d5d · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/04/2 · Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.4 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/55785 · Note