{"id":"CVE-2012-6689","details":"The netlink_sendmsg function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 does not validate the dst_pid field, which allows local users to have an unspecified impact by spoofing Netlink messages.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:43:15.039726Z","published":"2016-05-02T10:59:03Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422125983&w=2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422925986&w=2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/22/10"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72739"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848949"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422125983&w=2"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422925986&w=2"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/22/10"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848949"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72739"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}