Security Advisory
CVE-2012-6689
7.8
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
May 2, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory