CVE-2012-0879
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 17, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 19, 2012
Description
The I/O implementation for block devices in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the CLONE_IO feature, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (I/O instability) by starting multiple processes that share an I/O context.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- RHSA-2012:0531vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9
- USN-1408-1vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20120223 Re: CVE request -- kernel: block: CLONE_IO io_context refcounting issuesmailing-list
- 1027086vdb-entry
- DSA-2469vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2012:0481vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796829
- SUSE-SU-2012:0616vendor-advisory
- 48545third-party-advisory
- USN-1411-1vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3
- 48842third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33
- USN-1410-1vendor-advisory
- HPSBGN02970vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3
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