CVE-2012-2119
Linux Kernel < 3.4.5 - Denial of Service via MACVTAP Descriptor Buffer Overflow
Title source: llmDescription
Buffer overflow in the macvtap device driver in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5, when running in certain configurations, allows privileged KVM guest users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long descriptor with a long vector length.
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b92946e2919134ebe2a4083e4302236295ea2a73
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b92946e2919134ebe2a4083e4302236295ea2a73
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=814278
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=133455718001608&w=2
Various Sources vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4aae94d1c7b32316911c86176c0ed4f8ed62da73
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/14
Scores
EPSS
0.0071
EPSS Percentile
49.3%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (5)
linux/linux_kernel
3.4
linux/linux_kernel
3.4.1
linux/linux_kernel
3.4.2
linux/linux_kernel
3.4.3
linux/linux_kernel
< 3.4.4
Published
Jan 22, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026