CVE-2012-6545
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CVE-2012-6545
The Bluetooth RFCOMM implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not properly initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
March 15, 2013
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 10, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
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04 / EVIDENCE
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CVE-2012-6545
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The Bluetooth RFCOMM implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not properly initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9344a972961d1a6d2c04d9008b13617bcb6ec2ef
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9ad2de43f1aee7e7274a4e0d41465489299e344b
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f9432c5ec8b1e9a09b9b0e5569e3c73db8de432a
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1805-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1808-1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9344a972961d1a6d2c04d9008b13617bcb6ec2ef
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9ad2de43f1aee7e7274a4e0d41465489299e344b
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f9432c5ec8b1e9a09b9b0e5569e3c73db8de432a
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2