cve/2012/CVE-2012-6548.md

### [CVE-2012-6548](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6548)
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### Description

The udf_encode_fh function in fs/udf/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory via a crafted application.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1808-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1811-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1814-1

#### Github
- https://github.com/pawan-shivarkar/List-of-CVE-s-
- https://github.com/pawan-shivarkar/pawan-shivarkar