CVE-2012-3552

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 3.0 - Denial of Service via Race Condition in IP Socket Options Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.html
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