PT-2013-1012

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.6 Description The issue exists due to the lack of initialization of certain structures in the dev ifconf function in net/socket.c of the Linux kernel. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information fro...

UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6539

The devifconf function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application...