CVE-2012-6539

CVE-2012-6539 is a local information disclosure vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel before version 3.6. Specifically, the dev_ifconf function in net/socket.c fails to initialize a structure, allowing local users to extract sensitive data from kernel stack memory through a specially crafted application. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 1.9, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access to achieve a partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.