CVE-2012-6657
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 28, 2014
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 15, 2014
Description
The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.7 does not ensure that a keepalive action is associated with a stream socket, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the ability to create a raw socket.
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
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.7
- HPSBGN03285vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2015:0652vendor-advisory
- HPSBGN03282vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141742
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3e10986d1d698140747fcfc2761ec9cb64c1d582
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e10986d1d698140747fcfc2761ec9cb64c1d582
- [oss-security] 20140915 Re: CVE request Linux kernel: net: guard tcp_set_keepalive against crashmailing-list
- SUSE-SU-2015:0812vendor-advisory
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