CVE - CVE-2012-3552

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-3552	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Race condition in the IP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.0 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slab corruption and system crash) by sending packets to an application that sets socket options during the handling of network traffic.
References
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MISC:RHSA-2012:1540 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.html MISC:[oss-security] 20120831 Re: CVE Request -- kernel: net: slab corruption due to improper synchronization around inet->opt URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/11 MISC:http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0 URL:http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853465 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853465 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20120614	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 (20120614)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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