{"id":"CVE-2012-6538","details":"The copy_to_user_auth function in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 uses an incorrect C library function for copying a string, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:42:35.102459Z","published":"2013-03-15T20:55:07Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4c87308bdea31a7b4828a51f6156e6f721a1fcc9"},{"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=4c87308bdea31a7b4828a51f6156e6f721a1fcc9"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}