cve/2012/CVE-2012-4530.md

CVE-2012-4530

Description

The load_script function in fs/binfmt_script.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.2 does not properly handle recursion, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

POC

Reference

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b66c5984017533316fd1951770302649baf1aa33
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.2
• b66c598401

Github

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