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.

🔗 References (14)

• secalert@redhathttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b66c5984017533316fd1951770302649baf1aa33
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html
• secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0223.html
• secalert@redhathttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.2
• secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/19/3
• secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=868285
• secalert@redhathttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b66c5984017533316fd1951770302649baf1aa33
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b66c5984017533316fd1951770302649baf1aa33
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0223.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.2
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/19/3
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=868285
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b66c5984017533316fd1951770302649baf1aa33