Bug 922322 (CVE-2012-6542)

Summary:	CVE-2012-6542 Kernel: llc: information leak via getsockname
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Prasad Pandit <ppandit>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	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, tgraf, williams
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Bug Depends On:	922327, 922329, 922331, 922332, 922333
Bug Blocks:	858947

Description Prasad Pandit 2013-03-16 09:14:56 UTC

Linux kernel built with Logical Link Control(LLC) protocol is vulnerable
to an information leakage flaw. It occurs while retrieving socket name via
getsockname call.

A user/program could use this flaw to leak kernel memory bytes.

Upstream fix:
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 -> https://git.kernel.org/linus/3592aaeb80290bda0f2cf0b5456c97bfc638b192

Reference:
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 -> http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/14/21

Comment 1 Prasad Pandit 2013-03-16 09:23:03 UTC

Statement:

This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

This issue affects the version of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.  Future kernel updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 may address this issue.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2013-04-16 19:05:32 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2013:0747 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0747.html

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2013-11-21 17:01:27 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2013:1645 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html