VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-4530
The load_script function in fs/binfmt_script.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.2 does not properly handle recursion, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.88%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.88%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The load_script function in fs/binfmt_script.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.2 does not properly handle recursion, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.88% probability · 57th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b66c5984017533316fd1951770302649baf1aa33
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0223.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/19/3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=868285
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b66c5984017533316fd1951770302649baf1aa33
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b66c5984017533316fd1951770302649baf1aa33
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0223.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/19/3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=868285
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b66c5984017533316fd1951770302649baf1aa33
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.