{"id":"CVE-2012-6547","details":"The __tun_chr_ioctl function in drivers/net/tun.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stack memory via a crafted application.","modified":"2026-01-27T04:12:01.375540Z","published":"2013-03-15T20:55:07Z","withdrawn":"2026-01-27T04:12:01.375540Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a117dacde0288f3ec60b6e5bcedae8fa37ee0dfc"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a117dacde0288f3ec60b6e5bcedae8fa37ee0dfc"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}