CVE-2012-2136
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 9, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 4, 2012
Description
The sock_alloc_send_pskb function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 does not properly validate a certain length value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges by leveraging access to a TUN/TAP device.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5
- RHSA-2012:0743vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cc9b17ad29ecaa20bfe426a8d4dbfb94b13ff1cc
- 53721vdb-entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cc9b17ad29ecaa20bfe426a8d4dbfb94b13ff1cc
- USN-1535-1vendor-advisory
- USN-1529-1vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816289
- RHSA-2012:1087vendor-advisory
- 50807third-party-advisory
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