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CVE-2012-6544

The Bluetooth protocol stack in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not properly initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive infor…

Impact

The Bluetooth protocol stack in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not properly initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application that targets the (1) L2CAP or (2) HCI implementation.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
through 3.5.7
Versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4
RedhatEnterprise Linux
Versions 5, 6.0

Weakness classification

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