CVE-2012-6543

Publication date 15 March 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

The l2tp_ip6_getname function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.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 stack memory via a crafted application.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Mathias Krause discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel’s implementation of getsockname for Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP). A local user could exploit this flaw to examine some of the kernel’s stack memory.

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 13.04 raring
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
linux-armadaxp 13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-ec2 13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-fsl-imx51 13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-linaro-omap 13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Ignored end of life
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life
11.10 oneiric Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-linaro-shared 13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Ignored end of life
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life
11.10 oneiric Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-linaro-vexpress 13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Ignored end of life
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life
11.10 oneiric Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-lts-backport-maverick 13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-lts-backport-oneiric 13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-lts-quantal 13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-lts-raring 13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-mvl-dove 13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-qcm-msm 13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Ignored end of life
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life
11.10 oneiric Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
linux-ti-omap4 13.04 raring
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Patch details

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