{"id":"CVE-2012-6536","details":"net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not verify that the actual Netlink message length is consistent with a certain header field, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and providing a (1) new or (2) updated state.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:42:35.216867Z","published":"2013-03-15T20:55:05Z","references":[{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ecd7918745234e423dd87fcc0c077da557909720"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ecd7918745234e423dd87fcc0c077da557909720"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}