Uninitialized Structure Member Vulnerability in l2tp_ip6_getname Function

CVE-2012-6543 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

The l2tp_ip6_getname function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

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