High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2016· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-6689
CVE-2012-6689
Description
The netlink_sendmsg function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 does not validate the dst_pid field, which allows local users to have an unspecified impact by spoofing Netlink messages.
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References
8- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- marc.infonvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- marc.infonvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.5nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/22/10nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/72739nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107befnvdThird Party Advisory
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