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CVE-2012-3430
The rds_recvmsg function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0.44 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows…
Low2.1EPSS 0.95%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
The rds_recvmsg function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0.44 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a (1) recvfrom or (2) recvmsg system call on an RDS socket.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.95% · top 38% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (18)
- USN-1572-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-1579-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-1578-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 50732 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 50811 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.0.44 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=06b6a1cf6e776426766298d055bb3991957d90a7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1567-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1323 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820039 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1577-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2012:1679 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-1568-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-1575-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/06b6a1cf6e776426766298d055bb3991957d90a7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 50633 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-1580-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120726 Re: CVE Request -- kernel: recv{from,msg}() on an rds socket can leak kernel memory (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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