CVE-2012-6549

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    CVE-2012-6549

    Published: 15 Mar 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The isofs_export_encode_fh function in fs/isofs/export.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory via a crafted application.

    References: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1809-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1811-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1812-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1813-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1814-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1829-1, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fe685aabf7c8c9f138e5ea900954d295bf229175, https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fe685aabf7c8c9f138e5ea900954d295bf229175, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High