CVE-2012-0957
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 1.0%EU EUVD
The override_release function in kernel/sys.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.16 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a uname system call in conjunction with a UNAME26 personality.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-16
- EPSS score
- 1.0% (62th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0980)
- Published
- December 21, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0980 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2702b1526c7278c4d65d78de209a465d4de2885e
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091110.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51409
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.16
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/09/4(Exploit)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1644-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1645-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1646-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1647-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1648-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1649-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1652-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862877
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2702b1526c7278c4d65d78de209a465d4de2885e(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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