Description
Race condition in fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.16 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from a deleted file by reading an extent that was not properly marked as uninitialized.
Published: 2012-12-21
Score: 1.9 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2668-1 linux-2.6 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-4437 Race condition in fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.16 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from a deleted file by reading an extent that was not properly marked as uninitialized.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1644-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1645-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1671-1 Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1673-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1704-1 Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1719-1 Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1720-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1726-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1899-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1900-1 Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities
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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Mrg Rhel Eus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:35:09.974Z

Reserved: 2012-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-4508

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-12-21T11:47:36.580

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-4508

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-4508 - Bugzilla

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