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GHSA-FFP2-8PXQ-QC9H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 01:08 – Updated: 2025-04-11 04:08

Details

net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

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CVE-2012-6537 (GCVE-0-2012-6537)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-03-14 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:28

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

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GHSA-FFP2-8PXQ-QC9H

CVE-2012-6537 (GCVE-0-2012-6537)

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