CVE-2012-4530 Information

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.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b66c5984017533316fd1951770302649baf1aa33 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0223.html http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/19/3 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=868285 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b66c5984017533316fd1951770302649baf1aa33