CVE-2012-5532
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 27, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 24, 2012
Description
The main function in tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c in hypervkvpd, as distributed in the Linux kernel before 3.8-rc1, allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon exit) via a crafted application that sends a Netlink message. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2012-2669.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/testing/patch-3.8-rc1.bz2
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=95a69adab9acfc3981c504737a2b6578e4d846ef
- MDVSA-2013:176vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761200
- [oss-security] 20121127 Re: CVE-2012-5532 hypervkvpd DoSmailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=877572
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/testing/
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/95a69adab9acfc3981c504737a2b6578e4d846ef
- RHSA-2013:0807vendor-advisory
- kernel-hypervkvpd-dos(80337)vdb-entry
- 56710vdb-entry
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