CVE-2012-4467 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2012-4467?

CVE-2012-4467 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 10 Oct 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The (1) do_siocgstamp and (2) do_siocgstampns functions in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.4 use an incorrect argument order, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted ioctl call.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4467?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2012-4467?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4467 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-4467 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4467 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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