CVE-2012-3552

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 3.0 - Race Condition

Title source: rule

Description

Race condition in the IP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.0 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slab corruption and system crash) by sending packets to an application that sets socket options during the handling of network traffic.

References (6)

[Broken Link] http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.html

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/11

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853465

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0203

EPSS Percentile 83.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-362

Status draft

Affected Products (2)

linux/linux_kernel < 3.0

redhat/enterprise_linux_eus

Timeline

Published Oct 03, 2012

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026