CVE-2012-4508
Linux Kernel Ext4 File System Delete Information Leak Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 21, 2012, 11:47 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
3.4
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dee1f973ca341c266229faa5a1a5bb268bed3531 Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091110.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0496.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1519.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1783.html Added Reference http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.16 Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/25/1 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1645-1 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1899-1 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1900-1 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869904 Added Reference https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dee1f973ca341c266229faa5a1a5bb268bed3531 Added Reference https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=dee1f973ca341c266229faa5a1a5bb268bed3531 [Patch] Added Reference http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dee1f973ca341c266229faa5a1a5bb268bed3531 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 21, 2012
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-4508 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-4508
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.06 }} -0.21%
score
0.14859
percentile