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CVE-2012-6689

The netlink_sendmsg function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 does...

7.8 HighFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.31%Down 0.8 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

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.

Record
CVE-2012-6689
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.2 HighAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-284
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2012-6689
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-6531 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2012-6531
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w4w5-pfmx-65jc 7.8

The netlink_sendmsg function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 does...

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.

Record
GHSA-w4w5-pfmx-65jc
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-284
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.8

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.

Record
CVE-2012-6689
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-6689 7.8

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6689
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2012-6689 7.8

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6689
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
linux
Debian:12
 before 3.6.4-1
3.6.4-1
linux
Debian:13
 before 3.6.4-1
3.6.4-1
linux
Debian:14
 before 3.6.4-1
3.6.4-1
linux-2.6
Debian:6.0
 before 2.6.32-48squeeze12, plus listed versions
2.6.32-302.6.32-30+m68k.52.6.32-312.6.32-31~bpo50+12.6.32-32
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2.6.32-332.6.32-342.6.32-34squeeze12.6.32-352.6.32-35squeeze12.6.32-35squeeze22.6.32-35~bpo50+12.6.32-362.6.32-372.6.32-382.6.32-392.6.32-39squeeze12.6.32-402.6.32-412.6.32-41squeeze22.6.32-422.6.32-432.6.32-442.6.32-452.6.32-462.6.32-46squeeze12.6.32-472.6.32-482.6.32-48squeeze12.6.32-48squeeze102.6.32-48squeeze112.6.32-48squeeze32.6.32-48squeeze42.6.32-48squeeze52.6.32-48squeeze62.6.32-48squeeze72.6.32-48squeeze82.6.32-48squeeze9
2.6.32-48squeeze12
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
python-perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
python-perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-abi-whitelists
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-firmware
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
python-perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
python-perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-abi-whitelists
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-firmware
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-kdump-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
python-perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
python-perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-abi-whitelists
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-bootwrapper
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-firmware
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-kdump
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-kdump-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
python-perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
python-perf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-abi-whitelists
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-firmware
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
kernel-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6
perf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.6.32-504.el6
0:2.6.32-504.el6

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2012-6689 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Linux Kernel, published December 31, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 23rd percentile. Fixed in linux 3.6.4-1.

References

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