{"id":"CVE-2012-6540","details":"The do_ip_vs_get_ctl function in net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure for IP_VS_SO_GET_TIMEOUT commands, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:42:35.670726Z","published":"2013-03-15T20:55:07Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1792-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1798-1"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2d8a041b7bfe1097af21441cb77d6af95f4f4680"},{"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=2d8a041b7bfe1097af21441cb77d6af95f4f4680"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}