VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2012-4467
CVSS score6.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.49%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-10-10
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C
Description
The (1) do_siocgstamp and (2) do_siocgstampns functions in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.4 use an incorrect argument order, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted ioctl call.