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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2016-05-02T10:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T21:36:02.193Z
Reserved: 2015-02-27T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2012-6689
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NVD
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2016-05-02T10:59:03.560
Modified: 2023-01-20T14:30:12.777
Link: CVE-2012-6689
Redhat