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.
- EPSS
- 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 59% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-200
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
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