### [CVE-2012-6689](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6689)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2012-6689