CVE - CVE-2012-6657

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-6657	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:HPSBGN03282 URL:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722544401658&w=2 MISC:HPSBGN03285 URL:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722450701342&w=2 MISC:SUSE-SU-2015:0652 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2015:0812 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html MISC:[oss-security] 20140915 Re: CVE request Linux kernel: net: guard tcp_set_keepalive against crash URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/8 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e10986d1d698140747fcfc2761ec9cb64c1d582 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e10986d1d698140747fcfc2761ec9cb64c1d582 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.7 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.7 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141742 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141742 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3e10986d1d698140747fcfc2761ec9cb64c1d582 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3e10986d1d698140747fcfc2761ec9cb64c1d582
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20140915	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 (20140915)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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