CVE-2012-6689

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    CVE-2012-6689

    Published: 2 May 2016Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The netlink_sendmsg function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 does not validate the dst_pid field, which allows local users to have an unspecified impact by spoofing Netlink messages.

    References: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef, http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422125983&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422925986&w=2, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.5, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/22/10, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72739, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848949, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef, http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422125983&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422925986&w=2, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/22/10, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848949, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72739

    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
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