CVE - CVE-2012-2136

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-2136	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:50807 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50807 MISC:53721 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53721 MISC:RHSA-2012:0743 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html MISC:RHSA-2012:1087 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1087.html MISC:USN-1529-1 URL:http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1 MISC:USN-1535-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1535-1 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cc9b17ad29ecaa20bfe426a8d4dbfb94b13ff1cc URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cc9b17ad29ecaa20bfe426a8d4dbfb94b13ff1cc MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816289 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=816289 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cc9b17ad29ecaa20bfe426a8d4dbfb94b13ff1cc URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cc9b17ad29ecaa20bfe426a8d4dbfb94b13ff1cc
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20120404	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 (20120404)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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