Bug 922133 (CVE-2012-6539)

Summary: CVE-2012-6539 Kernel: net: info leak in compat dev_ifconf
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Prasad Pandit <ppandit>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: agordeev, anton, bhu, davej, dhoward, esammons, fhrbata, gansalmon, iboverma, itamar, jforbes, jkacur, jonathan, jwboyer, kernel-maint, kernel-mgr, lgoncalv, lwang, madhu.chinakonda, mcressma, plougher, rt-maint, rvrbovsk, williams
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Description Prasad Pandit 2013-03-15 14:42:39 UTC 
Linux kernel built with compat ioctl interface for network devices is
vulnerable to an information leakage flaw. It occurs while doing ioctl
SIOCGIFCONF call.

An unprivileged user could use this flaw to leak kernel memory bytes.

Upstream fix:
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 -> https://git.kernel.org/linus/43da5f2e0d0c69ded3d51907d9552310a6b545e8

Reference:
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 -> http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/14/21
Comment 1 Prasad Pandit 2013-03-15 14:44:45 UTC 
Statement:

This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.