CVE - CVE-2012-0879

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-0879	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:1027086 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027086 MISC:48545 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/48545 MISC:48842 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/48842 MISC:DSA-2469 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469 MISC:HPSBGN02970 URL:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 MISC:RHSA-2012:0481 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html MISC:RHSA-2012:0531 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2012:0616 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html MISC:USN-1408-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1408-1 MISC:USN-1410-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1410-1 MISC:USN-1411-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1411-1 MISC:[oss-security] 20120223 Re: CVE request -- kernel: block: CLONE_IO io_context refcounting issues URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/23/5 MISC:http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33 URL:http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796829 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796829 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20120119	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20120119)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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