UBUNTU-CVE-2012-0957

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-0957

    Published: 10 Oct 2012Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-0957
    Aliases:
    USN-1644-1
    USN-1645-1
    USN-1646-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0957, https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/9/550, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1644-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1645-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1646-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1647-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1648-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1649-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1652-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1704-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0957

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.11.0-12.19

    Affected versions

    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