CVE-2012-0957

Description (CNA)

The override_release function in kernel/sys.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.16 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a uname system call in conjunction with a UNAME26 personality.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1644-1
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.16
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1645-1
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2702b1526c7278c4d65d78de209a465d4de2885e
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1647-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1652-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1646-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862877
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091110.html
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2702b1526c7278c4d65d78de209a465d4de2885e
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1648-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1649-1
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51409
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/09/4

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