CVE-2012-3430
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 1.0%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 1.0% (61th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-3397)
- Published
- October 3, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3397 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
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- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=06b6a1cf6e776426766298d055bb3991957d90a7
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50633
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50732
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50811
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.0.44
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/26/5
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1567-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1568-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1572-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1575-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1577-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1578-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1579-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1580-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820039
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/06b6a1cf6e776426766298d055bb3991957d90a7(Exploit)
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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