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FKIE_CVE-2012-2669

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-12-27 11:47 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:41
Severity
Summary
The main function in tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c in hypervkvpd, as distributed in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5, does not validate the origin of Netlink messages, which allows local users to spoof Netlink communication via a crafted connector message.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bcc2c9c3fff859e0eb019fe6fec26f9b8eba795c
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00042.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/12
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/27/12
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761200
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bcc2c9c3fff859e0eb019fe6fec26f9b8eba795c
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bcc2c9c3fff859e0eb019fe6fec26f9b8eba795c
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00042.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/12
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/27/12
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761200
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bcc2c9c3fff859e0eb019fe6fec26f9b8eba795c
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel 3.4.1
linux linux_kernel 3.4.2
linux linux_kernel 3.4.3
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