cve/2012/CVE-2012-3430.md

### [CVE-2012-3430](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3430)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1568-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1577-1

#### Github
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