CVE-2012-3552
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 3.0 - Denial of Service via Race Condition in IP Socket Options Handling
Title source: llmDescription
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)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259
Broken Link x_refsource_confirm
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/11
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853465
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.0285
EPSS Percentile
84.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-362
Status
published
Products (2)
linux/linux_kernel
< 3.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_eus
6.2
Published
Oct 03, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026