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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cve-icon 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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2016-05-02T10:59:03.560

Modified: 2023-01-20T14:30:12.777

Link: CVE-2012-6689

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-02-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-6689 - Bugzilla